{"id":32379,"date":"2023-01-11T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/?p=32379"},"modified":"2023-01-11T15:42:36","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T15:42:36","slug":"iconic-jackson-square-cafe-has-permanently-closed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/hamilton\/iconic-jackson-square-cafe-has-permanently-closed\/","title":{"rendered":"Iconic Jackson Square cafe has permanently closed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A decades-old icon of Hamilton\u2019s Jackson Square has permanently closed.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/the-oak-cafe-restaurant.myshopify.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Oak Caf\u00e9 Restaurant<\/a> &#8211; a Jackson Square fixture known for affordable, homestyle breakfast and lunch \u2013 has bid farewell after more than 30 years of serving its food to Hamiltonians.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The closure is pretty unceremonious; the lights are off at the familiar takeaway counter, and Google lists the business as permanently closed, even though the Oak Caf\u00e9\u2019s website is still active.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Plenty of Hamiltonians have memories of grabbing a bite from the Oak Caf\u00e9 over the past few decades; the restaurant sported diner-style staples like classic bacon &amp; egg breakfasts, chicken salad sandwiches homemade chilli, burgers, fish &amp; chips, poutine, turkey club wraps, and much more.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You\u2019d be hard-pressed to find a menu item that cost more than about $10 too, making the Oak Caf\u00e9 a popular spot for locals looking for cheap eats.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019re sad to see this remnant of Hamilton\u2019s more old-school food scene say goodbye, but the <a href=\"https:\/\/the-oak-cafe-restaurant.myshopify.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oak Caf\u00e9 Restaurant<\/a> undoubtedly created lots of memories for locals who frequented the downtown core.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Lead image courtesy of Oak Cafe Restaurant<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A decades-old icon of Hamilton\u2019s Jackson Square has permanently closed.\u00a0 The Oak Caf\u00e9 Restaurant &#8211; a Jackson Square fixture known for affordable, homestyle breakfast and lunch \u2013 has bid fa...","protected":false},"author":258,"featured_media":32381,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8069],"tags":[26,42,233,1732,278,161,19,20,2969,4150,8192,280],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/oak.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32379"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/258"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32379"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32382,"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32379\/revisions\/32382"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}