I don't think he bought the entire square on purpose. It's my understanding that Victor, who owns Victor's next door to Sound Bites, told Yasser that he wasn't going to renew Sound Bite's lease. Victor owns the building that both Victor's and Sound Bites are in.

So Yasser bought the Wings place across the street to move Sound Bites to. But there was a clause in the contract that said Yasser could not turn the Wings place into a breakfast establishment.

So Yasser bought the Urban Gourmet. But that burnt down.

So Yasser bought El Guapo. And it sounds like this time his plan may work. My husband saw Yasser today, and Yasser said that he just got El Guapo yesterday, and that it will be open as the Sound Bites Cafe in a couple of weeks.