Jerusalem Cafe, the long-established Mediterranean restaurant in downtown Vancouver, is permanently closed after operating for some 23 years.

The restaurant, 106 E. Evergreen Blvd., made the announcement Dec. 29 on Facebook, and the doors to the restaurant were closed and locked as of Thursday. The eastside location, 516 S.E. Chkalov Drive, Suite 45, will remain open.

The downtown location’s sign has faded to be barely legible, and the tan stone exterior of the building is stained black in places, but the owner of the cafe is still occupying the building while selling all of the business’s stock of wine at a 40 percent discount, according to the Facebook post.

Aiman Farran, who operates the Chkalov location, wrote on Facebook that his younger brother, Nidal Farran, who operated the downtown location, decided to close the business, but he did not offer a reason why.

“It’s a sad time for me and my family as that restaurant holds a lot of memories,” he wrote. “(The) downtown location is where we all started when we came to the states and then the brothers decided to branch out and have each his own place.”