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The Tasty Three

Check out the new video below!!

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This week's location is actually three! A few months ago there was a group of restaurants being demolished which included a Milestones, Montana's and a Kelseys. This was a pretty exciting explore for me as I really enjoy exploring retail locations, they have a post apocalyptic feel to them because they are places that you often visit in a different context, usually when they are full of people. Houses are great but I find there is a sort of disconnection to them since you have no idea what they were like when still in use. With that said, these restaurants were by no means time capsules, they were very modern and were still in operation just a couple of months prior to my visit but now they are gone.

All three of these restaurants were once owned by a company called Recipe Unlimited Corporation, however the company recently sold its Milestones brand. Recipe Unlimited started out in 1883 when it was called Canada Railway News Company, they started out selling newspapers, magazines and confectionaries at railway stations. In the 1930s they started offering catering services to airlines and created a separate business called Aero Caterers Ltd. and by 1951 they were serving 1500 meals per day. In 1961, the company merged its two operations and formed the more widely recognised brand name Cara Operations Limited. In 1977 they entered the retail restaurant business starting out with brands such as Swiss Chalet and Harvey's. Over the years, there were numerous acquisitions as well as a few restaurants they either sold or closed down. In 2018 Cara Operations merged with The Keg and became Recipe Unlimited and they currently own a number of restaurant chains throughout Canada.

The Milestones restaurant was the only one of the three restaurants that hadn't been cleaned out before closing (which makes sense since it was the only one not owned by Recipe Unlimited) and unfortunately that was the first of the buildings to fall. But luckily it was still mostly standing during my visit!

What do you guys think, do you find abandoned restaurants interesting? Let me know in the comments below!

Description
The Tasty Three

Check out the new video below!!

youtu.be/5F7XgFhWhUM

This week's location is actually three! A few months ago there was a group of restaurants being demolished which included a Milestones, Montana's and a Kelseys. This was a pretty exciting explore for me as I really enjoy exploring retail locations, they have a post apocalyptic feel to them because they are places that you often visit in a different context, usually when they are full of people. Houses are great but I find there is a sort of disconnection to them since you have no idea what they were like when still in use. With that said, these restaurants were by no means time capsules, they were very modern and were still in operation just a couple of months prior to my visit but now they are gone.

All three of these restaurants were once owned by a company called Recipe Unlimited Corporation, however the company recently sold its Milestones brand. Recipe Unlimited started out in 1883 when it was called Canada Railway News Company, they started out selling newspapers, magazines and confectionaries at railway stations. In the 1930s they started offering catering services to airlines and created a separate business called Aero Caterers Ltd. and by 1951 they were serving 1500 meals per day. In 1961, the company merged its two operations and formed the more widely recognised brand name Cara Operations Limited. In 1977 they entered the retail restaurant business starting out with brands such as Swiss Chalet and Harvey's. Over the years, there were numerous acquisitions as well as a few restaurants they either sold or closed down. In 2018 Cara Operations merged with The Keg and became Recipe Unlimited and they currently own a number of restaurant chains throughout Canada.

The Milestones restaurant was the only one of the three restaurants that hadn't been cleaned out before closing (which makes sense since it was the only one not owned by Recipe Unlimited) and unfortunately that was the first of the buildings to fall. But luckily it was still mostly standing during my visit!

What do you guys think, do you find abandoned restaurants interesting? Let me know in the comments below!