Winnipeg restaurant makes light of a crash through wall
Posted September 22, 2026 5:59 pm.
The owners of the Four Crowns Restaurant, where a vehicle came crashing through a wall, causing extensive damage, aren’t letting it knock them down, instead finding a creative way to make light of the situation.
Four Crowns owner Ravi Ramberran says he had left the restaurant 15 minutes earlier when staff called with a story he needed to see to believe.
“An older lady was coming here for lunch with a passenger, and she pulled in very nicely to the parking lot, and as soon as she got to the stall, she accelerated and bang,” said Ramberran.
The impact sent bricks and debris flying into the restaurant, but timing may have made all the difference. The lunch rush was already over, and luckily nobody was sitting in that part of the dining room.
“It could have been horrible, there could have been people sitting here. They could have been, you know, seriously injured. Could have been someone there, you know. Who knows? Yeah, you’ve got to be grateful. You’ve got to be thankful,” said Ramberran.
While everyone inside was trying to process what had just happened, Ramberran said two bartenders immediately jumped into action.
“All I see on the camera is them just booking it. And they ran outside to check on the lady, right, or to check on whoever they thought it might be. So it was awesome. They’re kind of reminding me of firefighters. I’m a little proud of them.”
The opening was boarded up within hours, but there’s still plenty to sort out. Ramberran says the restaurant is waiting on their insurer and expects a structural engineer will need to deem the building safe.
While it’s not exactly ideal with reservations, live music and a busy weekend coming up, once everyone was safe, Ramberran says the giant hole in the wall started looking awfully familiar.
“I love the Kool-Aid Man. So as soon as I saw this, I got on the phone. I called Party Stuff, and I was like, please tell me you have a Kool-Aid Man costume,” Ramberran explained.
Turns out they had three. So, the costume went on, the video went online, and Four Crowns found a way to laugh about it.
“We’re known as the hole-in-the-wall restaurant hahahaha.”
