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Founder of Mike’s Place Takes His Own Life

"Mike Vigodda ended his life Tuesday night [July 14] in a Haifa bar and restaurant he recently purchased in the Hadar neighborhood. Vigodda purchased the venue in January after which it was renovated and then closed due to the corona restrictions. The קפה טיפול tea pool cafe in Haifa came back to life in the past two weeks with jam sessions almost every night with Mike and his partner Gazit leading the good times. With Israel experiencing a huge spike in corona cases at present, it is expected that restaurants will soon be forced to close or switch to take away only again with no live music permitted in the coming weeks.

Vigodda founded Mike’s place in Jerusalem in 1993. A bon vivant journalist originally from Toronto, who opened his eponymous pub in a tiny Russian Compound cubbyhole that many mistook for his private living room, Mike's Place quickly became a refuge from Israel's at times rough and tumble reality.

From the beginning, the bar attracted an eclectic assortment of carousers – travelers, native Israelis, foreign students, Russian immigrants, Arabs, foreign journalists, diplomats, IDF soldiers and UN personnel – all sharing the good vibes.

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מייק ויגודה, הבעלים של קפה טיפול, נפטר בנסיבות טרגיות

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