List of Flashy Restaurants Owned by Crazy Kennar, Other Kenyan Businessmen that Shut Down
1. Instant Delicacies
Kenyan comedian Crazy Kennar has gained popularity online due to his funny skits showing the day-to-day challenges facing Kenyans. The funnyman started acting way back in primary school as a young boy and regularly participated in music and drama festival events. He is the chief executive officer of The Tales of Crazy Kennar. The youthful entrepreneur launched his food joint 'Instant Delicacies' on May 25, 2021. The restaurant was located at Juja Square and was frequented by JKUAT students. The official unveiling of the facility was attended by the who's who in the entertainment industry. Instant Delicacies specialised in fast foods and Swahili dishes. On January 20, it announced its withdrawal from its operations in Juja. "The premises will remain closed starting Friday, January 20. Our services will be temporarily unavailable as we wait to announce a new location. We apologise for any inconvenience caused, the notice on its Instagram page stated.
2. Kune Food
Kune Food stopped operations less than a year after the online restaurant launched in Kenya. Founder Robin Reecht announced that the economic downturn and tightening of investment markets were the reasons for its failure. An official statement by Reecht indicated that the $3 (KSh 440) price tag for every meal was insufficient to sustain the company's growth. "Coupled with rising food costs deteriorating our margins, we just couldn’t keep going," Reecht explained. Kune was launched in early 2022 and raised KSh 114 million of pre-seed financing from local and international investors. During its operation, it sold over 55,000 meals and acquired more than 6,000 individual customers and 100 corporate customers.
3. Simmers Restaurant
After over two decades in operation, curtains closed on Simmers Restaurant in Nairobi's Central Business District (CBD). The restaurant was demolished in 2018 hours after its closure. Simmers was owned by former Kimilili Member of Parliament (MP) Suleiman Murunga, who revealed he lost everything after bulldozers descended on it. The restaurant faced problems with the county government over land rates, which saw it attached with a KSh 1.1 million owed to City Hall.
4. Garden Square Restaurant
In June, the iconic Garden Square Restaurant in Nairobi CBD closed its doors, citing declined business. Businessman Armstrong Kasuku had been running it since the early 1970s. Garden Square was popular among Kenyan artistes from the 1970s to 1990s before alternative entertainment spots emerged. "A new developer has taken over the whole place which means there is a new management in the offing, a source was quoted by Who Owns Kenya. Why Hilton Nairobi CBD shut The Hilton Hotel in Nairobi CBD was officially closed on Saturday, December 31, 2022, with all entrances locked with padlocks. A hotel spokesperson said they had had extensive discussions and concluded to cease operations. After exiting the city's CBD, Hilton opened a new luxury hotel along the Peponi-Kitisuru Road in Nairobi. The hotel, in which the government has a 40.57% stake, said the decision was influenced by several factors and not limited to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. “COVID-19 created unprecedented challenges for our industry. However, the decision to cease operations is not directly connected to the pandemic,” the hotel's spokesperson said. BY TUKO NEWS
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