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Food & hospitality

Dave's Hot Chicken (Canada)

Community-affiliated

Quick-service restaurants (master franchise) · Canada-wide (via Toronto) · Greater Toronto Area

The Canadian expansion of Dave's Hot Chicken runs through Obelysk, the Toronto investment house of John Bitove Jr. — the man who brought the NBA to Canada and whose grandparents arrived from Gabresh, Aegean Macedonia, in 1919. A century after the Java Shoppe, the family is still putting restaurants on Canadian corners.

Details

People
Obelysk (John Bitove Jr.)
Website
obelysk.com

Sources (2)

  1. https://obelysk.com
  2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bitove

  • Crossroads Macedonian & Greek Restaurant & Bar

    Restaurant — Macedonian & Greek cuisine · Scarborough (Danforth Ave)

    A neighbourhood restaurant and bar on the Scarborough stretch of the Danforth that does something few Toronto businesses have ever done: it puts the word Macedo...

    Address: 3476 Danforth Avenue, Scarborough, ON M1L 1E1

    Macedonian connection: Names its Macedonian identity in the business name itself — a rare thing on the Danforth, where Macedonian-run kitchens historically traded under Greek or Canadian names.

    Sources: https://www.facebook.com/p/Crossroads-Macedonian-Greek-restaurant-bar-100077528048728/

  • Elite Dairy Ltd.

    Dairy manufacturer · GTA

    Community-affiliated

    A GTA dairy producer that has become one of the Macedonian community's most generous corporate friends: title sponsor of the 81st Macedonian Open golf tournamen...

    Website: https://elitedairy.ca

    Macedonian connection: Title sponsor of the 81st Macedonian Open (2025) and a Metamorphosis-level donor to Canadian Macedonian Place's ReImagine Gala — the community's leading dairy benefactor.

    Sources: https://canadianmacedonianplace.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Zdravets-Newsletter-Spring-2026.pdf

  • Fancy Kafana

    Catering & events · GTA

    A catering outfit whose name says everything about its table: kafana, the old Balkan tavern where the food is abundant and the music ends late. The Macedonia ne...

    Macedonian connection: Catered community charity events recorded in the Macedonia newspaper; 'kafana' is the Balkan tavern in the old style.

    Sources: https://macedonianewspaper.com/files/uploads/June%202017.pdf

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