Habibs seek expansion of Liquid Zoo

The Habibs have big plans. They want to increase the number of drunks they can serve from 500 to 600.

In the last five years, cops have responded to 245 “general occurrences” in and around their Liquid Zoo on Lawrence Avenue. 63 cases of assault have been reported, and the trend has been upward this year, with 26 files associated with the Liquid Zoo, compared to 28 in all of 2025.

The Habibs say all is uber good and that "Increasing capacity would actually contribute to better safety and security,"

Surrey slumlord Amit Chopra reached out to Kelowna mayoral candidate David Habib to help remove tenants from a drug house in 2022. Habib's solution was simple, board the property up with the druggies inside. “I’ve always been as I like to say, ‘in your corner,’” said Habib. In September 2013 a truck exploded in the driveway of a home in Kelowna as the result of a bomb. The truck didn't just catch fire, it exploded in the middle of the residential neighbourhood in the middle of the night. The resulting fireball destroyed the vehicle and was labelled 'suspicious' by fire crews and the RCMP.

Dale Habib

Cops dealt with 3 bomb cases that year, including when one blew up a truck owned by David Joseph Habib. His brother Dale was president of the Kingpin Crew, a disbanded puppet club of the Hells Angels. It folded amid much bad blood in 2013 on orders of the HAMC.

Kevin Van Kalkeren bought 16 years for trafficking.

The Kingpin Crew sold dope from Habib's 'Liquid Zoo' nightclub for many, many years, including mountains of cocaine from major operator Kevin Van Kalkeren. At some point Dale Habib and the Kingpin crew lost the support of the Hells Angels. David Habib tried to sell the club and building to a numbered company. A Liquor Control Branch investigation found that one of the new owners was Hells Angel President Damiano Dipopolo. The Branch refused to transfer the liquor license and the sale was unwound. The nightclub's license was returned in late 2011 and Habib reopened on January 9, 2012 with a special anti-gang condition. 3 days later, cops did a walk through of the club and saw a known gangster/drug dealer wearing a cap with the gang’s insignia on it.

Damiano Dipopolo, thief and ex-HAMC Kelowna president.

Habib said that while he had heard of the Kingpin Crew and knew they were a motorcycle group, he didn't think they were a criminal gang. The executed Donny Lyons was a member of the Kingpin Crew and was very close to VP Lester Jones. Both Damiano Dipopolo and Jones were kicked out in bad from the HAMC for stealing club funds. They stole from the collection trying to save 3 HA clubhouses in B.C. from forfeiture. Upwards of $3m was raised and a good slice of that was stolen by the 2 garbage low bikers. The Kelowna clubhouse at 837 Ellis Street was purchased by the city and was leveled on March 18, 2025.