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Gateway Fish & Chips (Aurora) and Villa Fish & Chips (West Rouge)

Fish & chips · Aurora; Scarborough · Greater Toronto Area

After selling the 3 Star in 1970, Tom Gulin did what a Macedonian restaurateur did between restaurants: opened two more — Gateway Fish and Chips in Aurora and Villa Fish and Chips in West Rouge. Toronto's fish-and-chips counters were a Macedonian specialty for two generations, and Gulin's pair stand here for the many.

Details

Founded
1970s
People
Tom Gulin

Sources (1)

  1. https://beachmetro.com/2023/03/31/remembering-the-3-star-restaurant-on-kingston-road/

  • Cav-A-Bob

    Nightclub & restaurant · Toronto

    The nightclub chapter of the young Bitove portfolio — proof that the family read the whole hospitality market, from morning coffee at the Java Shoppe to evening...

    Macedonian connection: One of Bitove Sr.'s early hospitality ventures alongside the Java Shoppe.

    Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bitove_Sr.

  • JB's of Canada (Big Boy & Roy Rogers franchises)

    Restaurant franchising · Ontario

    Closed circa 1979

    Through the 1970s, JB's of Canada ran roughly forty Big Boy and Roy Rogers outlets under John Bitove Sr.'s Canadian franchise rights — the decade in which a Mac...

    Macedonian connection: Bitove Sr. held the Canadian rights to Big Boy and Roy Rogers, running about forty outlets.

    Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bitove_Sr.

  • Julie's

    Fine dining · Toronto

    The fine-dining room in John Bitove Sr.'s first portfolio — the polished end of a spectrum that ran from coffee counters to nightclubs, and the apprenticeship f...

    Macedonian connection: Bitove Sr.'s fine-dining house, part of the family's first restaurant portfolio.

    Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bitove_Sr.

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