I just find it funny that things like Montana’s, Boston Pizza and New York Fries are Canadian. Any other American-named places that are Canadian?

  • TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.caEnglish
    16·
    10 months ago

    Not exactly the same as what you mean, but A&W.

    A&W restaurants here in Canada are entirely Canada owned and operated, based out of BC.

    • 200ok@lemmy.world
      9·
      10 months ago

      TIL A&W was originally a subsidiary of its US parent company, but was then bought out by Canadians and separated/privatized!

      The company was initially a subsidiary of the U.S.-based A&W Restaurants chain, with the subsidiary opening its first franchise in Winnipeg in 1956. In 1972, Unilever acquired A&W’s Canadian operations, leading to the subsidiary’s separation from the U.S.-based company. In 1995, a Canadian management group made up of A&W franchisees took ownership of the chain from Unilever.

      The A&W chain in Canada remains privately owned and is headquartered in North Vancouver. As of 2022, A&W was Canada’s second-largest fast-food hamburger chain with 1,029 franchises, after McDonald’s.

      ~ the Wikipedia article has brackets and breaks in Lemmy links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26W_(Canada)

    • wise_pancake@lemmy.ca
      5·
      10 months ago

      They use better ingredients than McDonald’s too.

      They’re basically the only fast food I buy anymore.

  • prodigalsorcerer@lemmy.ca
    7·
    10 months ago
    • New Orlean’s Pizza
    • East Side Mario’s
    • St. Louis Bar & Grill

    Not American-named, but Swiss Chalet is also Canadian.

    I suspect most “foreign” named restaurants will never actually be from that place.

    • paperBark@slrpnk.netEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      My god was East Side Mario’s disappointing when I tried it again about 2 years ago… Sure has gone down in quality and up in price.