Popular Locke Street eatery Chuck's Burger Bar has announced it will be back in business Thursday after being locked out in a dispute with the landlord.

The eatery posted to Twitter just after 6 p.m. Wednesday announcing it will be back to regular business hours Thursday: "So I'm very happy to report that a deal has been reached!!! Everyone's support has been overwhelming. We freaking love this city!!"

Co-owners Erin Millward and Chris Preston found a bailiff's notice of "termination of tenancy" posted on the door last week, citing "breach of covenants as per prior notice" given Nov. 13.

Landlord Kevin Turbitt said the "proof will be in the pudding," but that he is pleased to move forward with a resolution.

"As I understand, there have been, I think, some appropriate concessions made. I don't have all the details yet but I think it's a positive resolve, which is always the intent," he said.

He declined to say what those concessions entail, adding that the matter was still in the lawyers' hands Wednesday night.

Turbitt declined to comment on the issues at the time of the lockout, too, but told The Spectator in May that he was hearing complaints from the 11 other tenants in the building — residential and commercial — who were fed up with thick smoke and grease emanating from Chuck's ventilation system.

Hamilton's chief fire prevention officer, Bob Simpson, said last week that there are charges before the courts against Chuck's regarding noncompliance with inspection orders served earlier this year. He said he couldn't speak to those charges further.

City food inspection records show three citations of a non-compliant ventilation system in October 2013, and March and April of this year. Three inspections since then do not mention the ventilation. An inspection in June found six minor infractions, but a re-inspection in July and a routine inspection in October both gave a pass.

"The problems were out of hand and I think now that they're coming to the table and being positive about things, it's a wonderful solution," Turbitt said Wednesday. "Hopefully going forward it will be a successful win-win situation."

Millward and Preston declined comment Wednesday night.

- Owners locked out of Hamilton hot spot Chuck's Burger Bar