# Canadian nostalgia: extinct restaurant chains

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** food-cooking\
**Created:** [July 12, 2025, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-nostalgia-extinct-restaurant-chains/1020762 "2025-07-12T06:57:30Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-nostalgia-extinct-restaurant-chains/1020762/21 "2025-07-31T07:24:41Z")

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Mother’s, Whitespot, and Peter’s are the only ones I recognize. Peter’s is still there in Calgary where it’s always been, Whitespot I have no idea as I’ve only been there twice, and mother’s was a favorite. They opened again in Southern Ontario for awhile. Not sure is still operating, but I checked their menu and they were missing the one thing on their menu I ever ate: Pizza on a bun. Still trying to find a recipe that matched theirs.

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**Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-nostalgia-extinct-restaurant-chains/1020762/22 "2025-07-31T07:54:00Z")

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> [@Kropotkin](#):
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> I was going to add Mr. Mike’s Steakhouse, but apparently they’re still around, just not much of a presence in metro Vancouver anymore. They seem to be in smaller cities and towns.

There’s a Mr. Mike’s in Lethbridge, Alberta, so smaller cities and towns fits.

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