California Pizza Kitchen will open its first-ever Canadian location in Edmonton, AB on August 1. This marks the first entry into Canada for the California-style pizza brand, which has nearly 200 restaurants in eight countries and U.S. territories. The opening is part of the brand’s latest efforts to strategically expand across target markets throughout North […]
US restaurant chains looking to take their first steps into the Western Canadian market are focusing on testing the waters in Edmonton. In recent months, numerous food and beverage chains such as P.F. Chang’s, Dickey’s Barbecue Pit, California Pizza Kitchen, and convenience store giant 7-Eleven are focusing on the Albertan city as a launchpad for […]
Canadian breakfast, brunch, and lunch restaurant Pür & Simple is opening its first Alberta location at Kingsway Mall in Edmonton on Friday, April 2, 2021. The location is the Canadian eatery’s 20th storefront and will employ 25-30 Edmontonians. It will have seating arranged with physical distancing measures in place, including Plexiglas partitions to provide a […]
Blair Lebsack and Caitlin Fulton, partners in business and life, didn’t want to wait around to open their restaurant, so they didn’t. Instead, they launched a series of seasonal, pop-up farm dinners while they searched. They found it in 2013, and with Lebsack running the kitchen and Fulton running the front of house, the duo […]
By Kavita Sabharwal-Chomiuk Hopscotch, an Ontario-based, healthy fast casual concept, is expanding. The company, which currently has two storefronts in Ontario and three opening soon, recently signed two multi-unit franchise deals for the Toronto and Edmonton markets. The company will open three franchise locations in Toronto over the next four years, and will introduce the […]
The contracts will expand the health-conscious concept into Edmonton and open new locations in Toronto Press release Hopscotch, Ontario’s popular health-conscious fast-casual concept, has announced the signing of two multi-unit franchisees in Toronto and Edmonton, Alberta. The Toronto deal will bring three additional locations to the Toronto market over the next four years, while the […]
Quebec City’s Battuto takes the number-one spot as Canada’s Best New Restaurant Press release Air Canada is pleased to announce this year’s Top 10 list of Canada’s Best New Restaurants in partnership with American Express. For his fifth year as Air Canada enRoute’s restaurant critic, award-winning writer Andrew Braithwaite ate his way across the country, dining […]
Press release DoorDash — the technology company connecting customers with the best local businesses through door-to-door delivery — has announced service to more than 20 neighborhoods in the cities of Edmonton, St. Albert, and Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada, including Strathcona, Beverly, Silver Berry, Ottewell, Balwin, Blue Quill, Jasper Place, Pleasantview and Terra Losa. This announcement marks DoorDash’s expansion into its fourth market […]
On-demand restaurant delivery service foodora expands in western Canada Press release foodora, one of the top food delivery services in Toronto, Montreal, and most recently Vancouver, has expanded to offer its food delivery services to three new Canadian cities: Edmonton, Calgary and Quebec City. Starting October 3, foodora’s fleet of bicycle riders and drivers will bring meals from over 50 restaurant partners in […]
The popular health-conscious concept gears up for expansion in major U.S. and Canadian markets Press release Hopscotch, the popular Ontario-based, health-conscious fast-casual concept, built on a commitment to better food, better communities, and a better planet, has announced the sale of a four-unit franchise for the Edmonton, Alberta market. Founded by brothers Wyatt and Aiden […]
