{"id":779143,"date":"2026-07-04T05:19:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T05:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/779143\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T05:19:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T05:19:12","slug":"tavern-united-closes-downtown-location-winnipeg-free-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/779143\/","title":{"rendered":"Tavern United closes downtown location \u2013 Winnipeg Free Press"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the crowd leaving a Winnipeg Jets or Sea Bears game, big name concert or just a night out downtown, Tavern United was often a familiar stop across from Canada Life Centre.<\/p>\n<p>That longtime routine has now ended with the sports bar\u2019s permanent closure. A notice posted on the door of the Tavern United chain location thanks its now former customers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are grateful for your loyalty, support and memories shared over the years. We hope to welcome you nearby at Resto 12 or at any of our other Tavern United locations across Winnipeg,\u201d the sign reads.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/260703-Tavern-Closed2-.jpg\" data-pswp- data-pswp-width=\"2048\" data-pswp-height=\"1088\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/260703-Tavern-Closed2-.jpg\" alt=\"Tavern United location directly across from the Canada Life Centre at 345 Graham Ave. has permanently closed its doors. (Ruth Bonneville \/ Free Press)\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTavern United location directly across from the Canada Life Centre at 345 Graham Ave. has permanently closed its doors. (Ruth Bonneville \/ Free Press)<\/p>\n<p>No reason for the closure was listed.<\/p>\n<p>Parent company Canad Corporation of Manitoba Ltd. did not respond to a request for comment Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Tavern United was established in 2003 as a Manitoba-owned sports pub brand, with multiple locations across the city, including the Transcona, Windsor Park, Garden City, Fort Garry and Polo Park areas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBusinesses need to make decisions that are in the best interest of their operations, and there will always be an ebb and flow downtown,\u201d said Olivia Billson, communications director for Downtown Winnipeg BIZ.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTavern United has been in that location for years (and) we thank them for that commitment. Given its proximity to Canada Life Centre and other major investments, I think we\u2019ll see strong interest from others wanting to contribute to a vibrant downtown.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shark Club Sports Bar &amp; Grill, about a two-minute walk from the Tavern United spot, is already seeing a ripple effect.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the closure of the Tavern, this will definitely be giving us some more business,\u201d said manager Tyler Carswell. \u201cI would say they\u2019re our closest competitor.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tWinnipeg Free Press | Newsletter\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tDish<\/p>\n<p class=\"frequency\">Every Second Friday<\/p>\n<p>The latest on food and drink in Winnipeg and beyond from arts writers Ben Sigurdson and Eva Wasney.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a class=\"email-subscribe-link button dish inline-block-logged-in\">Sign up for Dish<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/newslettericons-dish.jpg\" alt=\"Sign up for Dish\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve already seen a small increase in revenues just over our lunches.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added Canada Life Centre events, including a Sea Bears game on Tuesday, have brought noticeable spillover traffic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany of our guests were saying, \u2018Oh, did you know the Tavern is closed? We tried going to the Tavern, but they\u2019re closed, so we came here,\u201d Carswell said. \u201cIt will be really cool to see what happens for the (Winnipeg Jets) season coming up. If there\u2019s nothing put in (the empty space), then I\u2019m very excited to see how much our sales increase.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For the crowd leaving a Winnipeg Jets or Sea Bears game, big name concert or just a night&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":779144,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-779143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=779143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779143\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/779144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=779143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=779143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=779143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}