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Humpty's Big Plate Diner is a family-style diner restaurant chain founded in Calgary in 1977. Originally an all-day-breakfast restaurant named Humpty's Egg Place, the restaurant began franchising outside the city in 1982 and changed its name and menu in 1988. The chain currently has 19 locations in Western Canada, 9 of which are in Alberta.
Fast food A&W restaurant in Sainte-Hélène-de-Bagot, Quebec. "A&W Food Services of Canada", now headquartered in North Vancouver, was once part of the U.S.-owned A&W Restaurants, but has been Canadian-owned since a management buyout in 1995. [139] Employee at a Harvey's restaurant franchise garnishing a hamburger by instruction of the customer
Burger Baron sign Burger Baron Cup. Burger Baron was founded in 1957 by Jack McDonnell. [2] It was founded in either Calgary or Lethbridge, Alberta (the location and ownership of the first site is disputed), Burger Baron was the first drive-in chain in Western Canada.
Howard Johnson's was the largest restaurant chain in the U.S. throughout the 1960s and 1970s, with more than 1,000 combined company-owned and franchised outlets. [2] Today, the chain is defunct—after dwindling down to one location, the last Howard Johnson's restaurant (in Lake George, New York) closed in 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [3]
Smitty's is a casual dining restaurant based in Canada. It was founded in 1960 in Calgary, Alberta. In April 2018, the company was acquired by Equicapita Investment Corp, a private company buyout fund based in Calgary. [1]
Calgary 36.1 2.2 122.2 75.3 Oil and Gas 8 190 Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce: Toronto 20.2 3.9 486.0 36.8 Banking 9 229 Suncor Energy: Calgary 29.7 2.5 65.6 52.6 Oil and Gas 10 273 Sun Life Financial: Toronto 23.4 2.0 196.0 24.5 Insurance 11 341 Bell Canada: Montreal 18.1 2.3 41.8 40.9 Telecommunication: 12 342 Canadian Natural Resources ...
Winnipeg and Calgary locations were opened within the first year, [6] [7] the latter replacing a location of Grubert's Butcher Block restaurant. [8] [9] As of 1980, the company was headquartered in Winnipeg, [10] likely a result of being owned by Champs Food Systems. [11] It looked to expand into the United States. [10]
China Garden is a Chinese restaurant in Nipigon, Ontario, a township of 1,600 people. A vast majority of towns and cities in most of Canada have at least one Canadian Chinese restaurant. Many towns that cannot support a single franchise restaurant still have at least one thriving Chinese restaurant. Many independent restaurants in larger cities ...