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Bryan Adams and His Brief Career in Burgerdom

Posted by Adam Kuban, September 13, 2006 at 6:39 PM

Bryan Adams' Concert in Charlottetown, blogged to AHT from the Flickr photostream of Ihsan*

Did you know Bryan Adams used to wash dishes at a North Vancouver restaurant noted for its unique burgers? Here's the story ...

Last night, I wrote the following email:

Dear Tomahawk Restaurant,
Several weeks ago, one of A Hamburger Today's readers sent in a photo of her Skookum Chief burger, proclaiming it the best burger in North Vancouver. I posted her photo on my site, and, lo and behold, just this evening I get a comment from another reader—one of your former employees, in fact—who said, "What a surprise to see the Skookum featured on the web! I used to work at Tomahawk in 1980 and I tell you, the burgers are GREAT! The urban legend is that Bryan Adams used to work there as a dishwasher! Ah, the memories!"

So, I'm wondering, Tomahawk Restaurant, to the best of your knowledge, did Bryan Adams ever work there?

And today, I received this reply from Tomahawk owner Chuck Chamberlain:

Yes, it is true Bryan Adams worked here at the Tomahawk as a dishwasher. I also had the pleasure of working with him. He informed me that he was only working to save enough money to buy a guitar and some spare strings, as he was going to be a rock and roll star. And the rest is history.

Amazing. Rock on, Tomahawk. Rock on, burgers. Rock on, Bryan Adams.

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