One of Vancouver’s best-known and most popular restaurateurs is back working part-time after suffering a very minor stroke on the right side of his brain during the last weekend of April. John Bishop, owner of Bishop’s Restaurant in Kitsilano, told the Straight in a phone interview that after returning home from work on a busy Saturday night and sitting down for dinner, his left hand went numb. He went to the emergency room, where he was given low-dose aspirin and a CT scan.

“I feel really lucky,” Bishop said on May 6. “I walked to work this morning.”

Bishop, a southpaw, said that he has about 75 percent of the movement back in his left hand. “I signed the paycheques last week,” he quipped.

Bishop’s speech has not been affected because it’s controlled by the left side of the brain, which was unaffected. He said that he is now taking low-dose aspirin regularly, which thins the blood, and is undergoing more tests.