Smitty's (restaurant)

For the defunct Arizona grocery store, see Smitty's (retailer).
Smitty's
Type Family
Industry Casual dining restaurant
Founded 1960
Founder(s) Walter Chan
Headquarters Calgary (115 locations)
Key people Chris Manderscheid, president; Scott Amberson, director; Steven Fee, director; Carl Todarchuk, controller
Revenue C$50-100 million
Employees 5800
Website http://www.smittys.ca

Smitty's is a pancake restaurant founded in 1960 in Calgary, Alberta where it is still based. Its 115 locations are scattered throughout Canada not confined to any one region.[1] The franchise also calls itself Smitty's Canada Limited. It uses the slogan All Your Favourites All Day Long

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Menu

Smitty's is known for its buttermilk pancakes, waffles, omelets, salads, sandwich, steaks, pastas.[2] and all day breakfast and lunch menus.

Products

Smitty's makes its own pancake mix, waffle mix, pancake syrup and special blend of ground coffee that can be purchased at some locations[3].

Promotions

Support for autism research

In July 2008 a restaurant in Edmonton kicked out a girl with autism because another customer accused her of being too noisy.[4] The company has apologized and said it will hold fundraisers at various locations for autism research.

References

  1. ^ "Smitty's company profile". http://www.profilecanada.com/companydetail.cfm?company=133574_Smittys_Canada_Ltd_Calgary_AB. Retrieved 2009-08-12. 
  2. ^ "About Smitty's". http://www.smittys.ca/About/tabid/54/Default.aspx. Retrieved 2009-08-12. 
  3. ^ "smitty's profile". 2009-01-16. http://www.canadaplus.ca/edmonton/venues/smittys-family-restaurants-1. 
  4. ^ "Restaurant Apologizes". CBC News. 2008-07-08. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2008/07/08/edm-smittys.html. Retrieved 2009-08-12.