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Lisa Vanderpump & Ken Todd’s Pump Restaurant Is Closing: Everything We Know
The Vanderpump Rules boss and her business partner husband are shutting down their beloved eatery 10 years after it opened.
Lisa Vanderpump and Ken Todd are closing the doors of their beloved Pump restaurant.
Vanderpump Rules viewers watched Lisa and Ken open Pump with a lavish party in Season 3, Episode 3. “I’ve been working on Pump for 14 months, so to be opening the doors tonight, I am ecstatic,” Lisa said in an episode interview. “Pump has been more challenging than any other restaurant we’ve opened. We’ve been craning in trees. I’ve been running around all over Los Angeles trying to make this the most beautiful garden in West Hollywood.” At the bash to celebrate the opening, viewers were also introduced to the restaurant’s now-iconic signature drink, the Pumptini.
“When I look at Pump, I’m just really proud of it,” Lisa said during the episode after the event. “It’s been so much work, and it’s been such a challenge. When I see people come in, and they’re embracing it and really enjoying it, it just makes everything I’ve worked for worthwhile.”
Nearly a decade later, TMZ revealed on May 4 that the West Hollywood eatery is shutting down. Here’s what we know:
When Is Pump Closing?
“It’s with heavy hearts that we announce that the lease at Pump Restaurant is expiring, and we will be closing its doors on July 5, after 10 years of beautiful evenings under our olive trees,” the Pump team shared in a statement to TMZ that was later posted to the restaurant’s Instagram account.
The message on Pump’s Instagram concluded: “We will be open throughout Pride month in West Hollywood, to support the local community with one last hurrah, and we look forward to welcoming you all to TomTom [and] Sur in the months following!”
Why Is Pump Closing?
“While we have loved our time operating Pump, to take on another 10-year lease with a huge increase in rent by the landlords is not something we are ready to commit to. After successfully running 37+ establishments for many years, this type of rent is untenable,” the statement to TMZ read.
Is Lisa Opening More Restaurants?
Although they made the difficult choice to close Pump (as well as Villa Blanca in 2020), Lisa and Ken have some notable new restaurants in the works. While talking about her Vanderpump à Paris restaurant that was featured on Season 10 of Vanderpump Rules, Lisa shared on the March 8 episode of Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, “This is our second project in Vegas and it’s gone so well, so we’re working on two more Vanderpump Alain [restaurants], and it is so exciting.”
