Swiss Chalet
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| Subsidiary | |
| Industry | Food service |
| Founded | Toronto, Ontario (1954) |
| Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario |
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Key people
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Todd Barclay, Edgar Alvarez, Steven Greene, Michael Farley, Abhik Banerji |
| Products | Canadian cuisine |
| Parent | Cara Operations |
| Website | swisschalet |
Swiss Chalet is a Canadian chain of casual dining restaurants founded in 1954 in Toronto. As of 2008, there are over 200 Swiss Chalet restaurants in Canada. Swiss Chalet is among the holdings of Cara Operations, which also owns the fast food chain Harvey's. Swiss Chalet and Harvey's franchises share many locations.
Swiss Chalet franchises include a variety of points of sale. Swiss Chalet locations generally include a dining room, a take-out counter, and delivery. Some feature drive-thru windows while other locations in certain urban areas are only take-out counters and are more akin to fast food restaurants. The brand also has an online food ordering system. Cara Operations retails Signature Swiss Chalet sauce, gravy, and marinades (as powdered mixes) in Canadian supermarkets.
There was only one Swiss Chalet in Puerto Rico, until it later closed in 2011.
The first Swiss Chalet restaurant, at 234 Bloor Street West in Toronto, operated for 52 years. The building featured exposed-beam ceilings in the Swiss chalet style. This store closed in 2006 and was demolished in 2009 as part of a condominium development.
In the early 2000s, Cara Operations closed all of its Quebec based restaurants and permanently withdrew from the province.
Swiss Chalet returned to Saskatchewan with a location in south Regina, although this location no longer shows on their website. In 2008, Air Canada added Swiss Chalet food products to its buy-on-board menu.
In 2010, the last two Swiss Chalet restaurants in the United States closed. They were located in the suburbs of Buffalo, New York. On June 1, 2011, the only Swiss Chalet restaurant operating in Puerto Rico closed its doors.
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