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Karri Schuermans

Co-owner, host, and quiet architect of the room.

Karri Schuermans, co-owner of Chambar

Karri and Nico, alongside their bacchanal-inducing staff, have conjured up a cosmic brand of revelry — a phenomenon they've coined Civilized Debauchery — that still constitutes the single most unassailable blueprint for operational success in Vancouver hospitality.

Twenty years on, Karri is still in the room four nights a week, still remembering names, and still the reason a first-time guest walks out feeling like a regular.