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Originally Posted by Acajack
Olive Garden used to have quite a few locations in Ontario. I remember there being one on Montreal Rd. in east end Ottawa. They are all gone I think.
Chuck E. Cheese has a few locations in southern Ontario. As do Ruby Tuesday's, TGI Friday's and also Applebees (I think).
So do Perkins and Denny's.
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IIRC, in the 90's Red Lobster/ Olive Garden (same company I believe) did a contraction in Canada.
Red Lobster abandoned Ontario and focused on Quebec, while Olive Garden abandoned Quebec and focused on Ontario; or at least that's the story I remember being said when it happened. The chains may have expanded since then, I don't know.
I do know I saw Denny's and Perkins in Ottawa back in the day. Not sure how wide spread they are.
Most of these chains don't bother going past Quebec in any case, if they even reach La Belle Province. Often it seems we're lucky to see the Canadian Chains spread into the Maritimes, let alone the US ones. But it has helped some native Maritime chains to establish and maintain footholds here for the most part. (Smithy's for a time, Pizza Delight, Greco, Mike's, etc... ) Now that the bigger chains are noticing us, the local chains do seem to be faltering a bit.
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