List of Canadian restaurant chains
[1] A chain of restaurants featuring Mexican food, established in Toronto in 2005, with locations in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.
The chain's namesake product is a line of fried dough pastries, individually hand-stretched to resemble a beaver's tail.
The restaurant chain began by serving an extensive breakfast and lunch menu, and later extended hours to include dinner selections.
[8] Cactus Club Cafe is a chain of premium casual restaurants founded by Richard Jaffray and Scott Morison in Vancouver in 1988.
Every December, C-Lovers restaurants donate $1 from each Prawn Madness dish to the BC Children's Hospital Foundation.
[11] Chairman's Brands is a privately held corporation dedicated to the franchising, development, and marketing of quick-service restaurants.
Sales of Cows ice cream spiked in the summer of 2010, after American television hosts Regis and Kelly showed interest in the chain.
Based in Calgary, Alberta, Edo Japan is a quick-service restaurant that primarily sells Japanese food.
Grinners Food Systems Limited, the franchiser of Greco Pizza (since 1981) and Captain Sub, is a Truro, Nova Scotia-based company.
Menu items include pizza, donair, salads, garlic fingers, and the restaurant's proprietary dipping sauces.
Many of the over 170 locations in Quebec, Ontario, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland operate co-branded with Captain Submarine.
Hero Certified Burgers is a quick service restaurant franchise chain that operates in Canada, with locations concentrated in Southern Ontario.
The chain was founded in 2004 by John Lettieri, who opened the first store in Hazelton Lanes in Yorkville, Toronto, Ontario.
[29] Imvescor was the parent company of the restaurant chains Scores, Pizza Delight, Mikes, Baton Rouge with a history that goes back to 1968.
Headquartered in Moncton, the company was in charge of 259 restaurants across Canada (101 Pizza Delight, 91 Mikes, 39 Scores, and 28 Baton Rouge).
[32] Imvescor used to be a privately owned corporation that held the licence for the trademark and intellectual property of the four restaurants by PDM Royalties Income Fund.
The restaurant chain, started by Newfoundlanders Pat Tarrant and Cyril Fleming in 1969, was named after Mary Brown, the wife of a fried chicken recipe creator.
It began as a steakhouse where the most popular item on the menu was the Mikeburger, which consisted of grilled steak served on a fresh French loaf with garlic butter and the secret Mike Sauce.
[38] MTY Food Group is the parent company of 28 different franchising brands including Yogen Fruz Canada (operates locations as master franchisee), Mucho Burrito, Mr. Sub, Tiki Ming, Mrs. Vanelli's, Taco Time, Country Style, Thai Express, and Tandori.
[39] Founded by Stanley Ma, originally from Hong Kong, in 1979 when he opened his first restaurant Le Paradis du Pacifique in Montreal; the company incorporated in 1984 and joined the Toronto Stock Exchange in 2010.
[45][46] Panago (originally Panagopoulos) is a privately owned quick service pizza chain with 174 franchised locations in Canada, 151 of which are in British Columbia and Alberta.
[51] Cara Airline Solutions operated about 10 flight kitchens across Canada that served more than 50 air carriers and rail travel customers, it was sold to Gategroup in 2010.
New York Fries is another Recipe Unlimited brand with about 200 stores in Canada, Hong Kong, UAE, Kuwait, and South Korea.
Founded in 2001, Royal Paan operates over 40 franchised locations across Canada, serving Mumbai-style street food.
[57] On March 31, 2016, Cara Operations announced that it would acquire the St-Hubert chain of rotisserie chicken restaurants in the summer of 2016.
Second Cup sales continue to compete with Starbucks, Tim Hortons and McDonald's, which also feature espresso-based specialty drinks.
Tahini's serves authentic Halal Mediterranean & Middle eastern dishes such as Shawarma, Falafels, and Gyros.
Thaï Express is a Thai quick service restaurant chain that began in the province of Québec with 299 locations in Canada and internationally.
[73] Banners include The Pint (5 locations), Beercade, Smoke BBQ + BAR, Employees Only, Hey Bud, Crash Hotel, and Arena Liquor store.
Tut's menu features modern adaptations of traditional Egyptian recipes, presented in a quick-service format.
