Lisa Vanderpump is still the boss at TomTom and she doesn’t want Tom Sandoval and Tom Schwartz to forget that.
On Tuesday in the episode Vanderpump Rules, The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alumna announced that she is moving her Pump restaurant to the garden of TomTom, her joint venture with Sandoval and Schwartz.
The Pump previously closed in July due to issues with the landlord, but has since snuck down the street from its original space into TomTom. That move apparently did not meet with the approval of the bar’s namesake.
“As hard as it was to lose Pump, we had staff that we loved and adored for many years, including the chef. So we moved it all to TomTom,” Vanderpump said in an interview during the March 12 episode.
TomTom’s Garden Bar has been converted into a new Pump location, Vanderpump told PEOPLE last summer. At the time, Vanderpump said TMJ that the Garden Bar space lacks its own identity, so Pump’s staff, food and drink menu and aesthetics will be part of the move.
The pump moved to TomTom.
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In this week’s episode, Sandoval’s surprise at the move was clear as he walked up to his bar and paused at the entrance.
“Oh,” he said hesitantly, staring at the wrought-iron door that said “Pump.” “Alright.”
“Is this Pump now?” he asked Vanderpump.
“I left it up there just to relax a bit,” she replied, before discussing the other elements of the Pump that are built into the TomTom.
Tom Schwartz asked Tom Sandoval to ‘step back’ from their bar during the climax of the chant
The pair sat in the garden as Vanderpump described how the revamped Garden Bar will be “much more dining-oriented” now that she’s moving Pump’s chef Kiko to TomTom.
“It feels a little strange that this happened without either Schwartz or I knowing about it,” the musician said in the confessional.
“I don’t think we would ever consult a 2.5% partner,” Vanderpump quipped with a smirk in her own confessional.
Vanderpump announced that Pump is closing in May. “Another 10-year lease with a large rent increase from the landlord is not something we are willing to commit to,” she confirmed in a statement to PEOPLE at the time. With an uncertain future, the restaurant closed on July 5, as shown in an earlier episode of this season of the Bravo show.
Vanderpump Rules airs Tuesdays at 8:00 PM ET on Bravo.
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