Milestones Restaurant

Milestones is the perfect place to celebrate all of your life’s milestones. Those special moments that require just the right dish to make it memorable.

A birthday might go hand in hand with our flame grilled California burger. An anniversary could be more of a Mediterranean chicken thing. Your big promotion might call for our classic Kobe meatloaf. While your monthly girls’ night out likely warrants a bellini and a plate of our crispy calamari.

Whatever the occasion, we have food created for all of your life’s milestones.

Milestone’s is unique because we’re all foodies – a passion we share with our guests. Our skillful preparation begins with our in-house chefs who have mastered the art of delivering the expected, unexpectedly well. You don’t necessarily have to know that we import oven-roasted tomatoes and cipolline onions from Italy. Or that we preserve lemons for two weeks to draw out the bitterness, so our house-made lemon aioli delivers a fantastic pure flavour. All you need to know is that Milestone’s delivers tastes and flavours you can’t find anywhere else.

Milestone’s is unique because we’re all foodies – a passion we share with our guests. Our skillful preparation begins with our in-house chefs who have mastered the art of delivering the expected, unexpectedly well. You don’t necessarily have to know that we import oven-roasted tomatoes and cipolline onions from Italy. Or that we preserve lemons for two weeks to draw out the bitterness, so our house-made lemon aioli delivers a fantastic pure flavour. All you need to know is that Milestone’s delivers tastes and flavours you can’t find anywhere else.

Our menu is a labour of love. We have something for any time of day, occasion, and appetite. We have appetizers as appealing as our entrees, and entrees that taste as good as they look. Plus, there’s a selection of wines that we will pair with any of your menu choices, masterfully. To further enhance our menu, we have daily features crafted by our executive chef. So take a couple of minutes and have a look. There’s no doubt you’ll like what you see, and love what you taste.

A Flavourful History

Founded in 1989, Milestone’s Grill and Bar is an upscale casual dining restaurant that originated in Vancouver on English Bay. Today, Milestone’s boasts over 35 restaurants located in the provinces of British Columbia, Ontario and Alberta. On an annual basis, Milestone’s serves more than 5.5 million guests, a true testament to its commitment to providing Canadians with innovative and quality menu items served in a vibrant and social atmosphere.

A Foundation Built on Innovation and Research
Founded by Wayne Holm and Peter Bonner, Milestone’s is a product of innovative thought and careful market research.
In the late 1980s, research showed that consumers were looking for a more sophisticated dining experience, and that the upscale casual dining segment was underdeveloped.
Milestone’s embraced the opportunity to develop this new segment of dining, creating a largely unrecognized concept: a group of casual upscale dining restaurants that adhered to philosophy and quality standards, but that were given the freedom to personalize by region.
Vancouver was the natural incubator for developing this new segment of dining as the restaurant’s West Coast location had little outside competition being geographically distanced from the east and the city’s customer base too small to attract U.S. brands.

From Spectra to Cara

Milestone’s was originally part of the Spectra Group of Great Restaurants, a multi-concept restaurant group headquartered in Vancouver and owned by partners Wayne Holm and Peter Bonner.
Included in the group of restaurants was The Boathouse, The Bread Garden, PJ Burgers and under license from Brinker International, Romano’s Macaroni Grill.
In 1991, the original PJ’s on 4th Avenue was converted to a Milestone’s which quickly became a local favourite.
Over the course of the next three years, all PJ Burger locations were closed and were converted to Milestone’s.
In the 1990s, Milestone’s expanded throughout the Lower Mainland and entered smaller, outlying markets within British Columbia. Despite the competitive market during this time, the brand continued to thrive, thus grabbing the attention of Cara Restaurants Limited.
A corporate partner of Milestone’s since 1995, Cara and Wayne Holm purchased Milestone’s from Spectra Restaurants in 2002.

Jimmy Ho’s features a variety of stir fries and Asian inspired dishes prepared in giant woks, using only the freshest of meats and vegetables and the most flavourful of sauces. Our entrees come in two convenient sizes – individual and sharable. We also feature a variety of appetizers, soups, salads and desserts to make your meal completely satisfying. We pride ourselves on carefully packaging for take out but there is room at Jimmy Ho’s if you want to eat in – we have family style booth seating for 12 in our intimate and cozy restaurant.

Take some time to explore our menu and learn more about Jimmy Ho’s Takeout Express – our goal is to provide you with delicious and healthy take out meals that are simply out of the ordinary!

IHOP Kelowna

IHOP restaurants, one of Canada’s favorite restaurant chains, are franchised and operated by Glendale, Calif.-based International House of Pancakes, LLC and its affiliates. International House of Pancakes, LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of DineEquity, Inc. IHOP restaurants feature moderately priced, high-quality food and beverage items, and table service in an attractive and comfortable atmosphere. Although IHOP restaurants are best known for their award-winning pancakes, omelettes and other breakfast specialties, IHOP restaurants are open throughout the day and evening hours and offer a broad array of lunch, dinner and snack items as well. More than 99 percent of IHOP restaurants are operated by franchisees, who are independent business people. Our management belief is that an equity involved franchisee is very responsive to the needs of the guest. As of September 30, 2009, there were 1,433 IHOP restaurants located in 50 states, Canada and Mexico.

99 percent of IHOP locations are owned by independent franchisees. As such we feel they are best able to judge the appropriate hours for their IHOP. Our minimum hours of operation are as follows:
Sunday through Thursday 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Friday and Saturday 7:00 a.m. to 12:00 midnight.

The theme of the restaurant is of a lodge/wilderness setting and they try to provide guests with an escape to simpler times. Montana’s has been promoted in TV ads consisting of a mounted buck and moose hunting trophies conversing about the restaurant.

There are restaurants located in most Canadian provinces

History Montana’s Cookhouse first opened its doors in 1995 as a subsidiary of Kelsey’s.

Montanas cookhouse restaurant

The original idea was thought up by Kelsey’s owner Paul Jeffrey and its president Nils Kravis. In 1999, Cara Operations obtained controlling interest in Kelsey’s, including the Montana’s chain. Cara completed its acquisition of the entire company 2002. As of 2009, the president of Montana’s is Andy O’Brien, who is also president of Kelsey’s.

Cactus Club Cafe is the leader in casual fine dining. We have earned our reputation by being innovative and staying focused on addictive food, outstanding service and beautiful restaurants. We strive to ensure that every customer leaves happy. Our globally inspired menu, addictive flavours and commitment to service will keep you coming back for more.

Cactus Club’s culinary vision is lead by Canada’s only Iron Chef, Rob Feenie
Chef Rob Feenie is part of the Cactus Club Test Kitchen, where he permanently resides as Food Concept Architect.

From France to North America, Chef Feenie is revered for his mastery of French cuisine. Throughout his career, he has worked along side various world renowned Chefs including Emile Jung, Charlie Trotter and Jean-Georges Vongerichten to name a few. Chef Feenie has received the Relais Gourmand Designation, and was awarded the Traditions et Qualite & AAA Five Diamond Award in 2003.

In addition to publishing three cookbooks and starring in New Classics with Chef Rob Feenie on Food Network Canada for five seasons, he is most noted for claiming the lucrative Iron Chef title after defeating Chef Masaharu Morimoto on the Food Network’s Iron Chef America. Today, Vancouverites affectionately refer to him as “Our Iron Chef.”

Inspired from his travels through Europe, Chef Feenie’s cooking personality can be clearly distinguished as French. France is revered to many as the “motherland of the culinary world” and classic French cooking techniques, ingredients and flavour profiles arguably build the foundation for the culinary industry.

All of Chef Feenies’s dishes are clean and simple in construction, allowing premium ingredients to take the lead role. Local purveyors, local bakers, local produce and the best quality ingredients are used in each “RF Signature” dish. Chef Feenie demands the best of the best, 100% of the time – whether it be the AAA Alberta beef tenderloin in the Beef Carpaccio or the Italian San Danielle prosciutto in the Spinach Salad – the highest quality elements are always selected.

Working alongside Chef Feenie, our talented team of over 20 Red Seal Chefs and over 50 apprentices are passionate about creating, innovating and educating to enhance your every experience. Our focus lies in fresh, local and unprocessed ingredients, unmatched quality and addictive flavours. Bar none, our food program remains unmatched in our industry.

Red Robbin

At Red Robin, we’re famous for Gourmet Burgers. And believe it or not, they have taught us a lot about who we are as a company. Things like: Always use the freshest, highest- quality ingredients, take pride in what you’re creating, be innovative and have fun!

Red Robin Restaurants of Canada Ltd. is a company that combined with our counterpart Mach Robin LLC in the US, is the largest franchisee within Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc.! We have 4 locations in Edmonton, Alberta, and now number 15 in British Columbia! Our very first location in Canada was in Burnaby, BC in 1985, and the newest member in our “family” is Kamloops, BC (early 2009). This longevity is unusual in our industry, and has been made possible by staying “true to ourselves”, putting our “People First”, whether it is fashionable or not – and “walking the walk”! We celebrate our “Unbridled Acts” regularly, and this is a key contributor to our corporation’s goal of becoming not only the most successful, but also the most respected restaurant company in the world.

Red Robin prides itself on being a Fun Family Restaurant – the company was built around our Cornerstones and Core Values, and we live by them every day! The key to Red Robin’s success as a company has been our commitment to providing the most consistent, highest quality products and service at the best value, combined with the creation of this environment where all Team Members work together to achieve our business goals, and have FUN at the same time! Guests choose us from many alternatives for these reasons, the most common comment being
that they “love the environment”!

Red Robin Company Info & “Cornerstones”

The very first Red Robin Restaurant was opened in Seattle, Washington in September 1969, and since that time, our goal as a company has been “to become the Most Respected Restaurant Company in the World – for the way we treat our Team Members, Guests and Stakeholders” in that order!

To achieve this goal, we have developed our key guiding principles, or “cornerstones” that drive our success. In managing our business and making every day decisions, we focus on the Four Cornerstones that we believe are essential:

1. Core Values: we strive to create an “unbridled” culture based on our Four Core Values:
a) Honour
b) Integrity
c) Continually Seeking Knowledge
d) Having Fun – required! Make the ordinary EXTRAordinary, and the mundane FUN!

If we can create an environment based on these Four Core Values, our Team Members will benefit, and in turn, Red Robin and our guests will benefit from their contributions. A real mark of success for us is when parents want Red Robin to be the first job for their sons and daughters.

2. Smiling People: We recognize that our Team Members are our strongest asset, and seek to hire people that are the best fit into our culture. We provide our Team Members with comprehensive training programs that not only ensure superior service to our guests, but also support development and growth along their career path, wherever it may lead!

We like to think we are in the People Business, and just happen to sell burgers!

3. Smiling Burgers: Definition: “A Smiling Burger wows our Guests every time! The bun is wrapped but never torn, with all ingredients fresh and visible 100% of the time”. Red Robin strives to be the Number One casual dining destination for gourmet burgers by offering high quality and imaginative menu items. Our menu items are cooked to very exacting specifications, using only the highest quality, fresh ingredients.

4. Gift of Time: we believe in offering the “Gift of Time” to our Guests, and everyone else who comes in contact with the Red Robin brand. Our service sequence is designed to consistently prepare every menu within 8 minutes, and strive to provide a 37-minute Lunch, and a 42-minute dinner to allow our Guests to enjoy time-efficient meals!

Red Robin Canada is a proud Franchise Partner of Red Robin Gourmet Burgers (RRGB), which employs over 27,000 Team Members in the United States. Red Robin Canada alone employs approximately 1,500 Team Members in BC and Alberta, who do a great job of working together as a team and having FUN!

Moxies Classic Grill

Moxie’s Classic Grill operates more than 55 premium casual restaurants in five provinces with yearly system sales over $200 million. Founded in Calgary in 1986, Moxie’s today operates Company and Franchise locations in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Ontario. The brand’s heightened popularity is fueling new expansion from Atlantic Canada and Quebec to Vancouver Island.

Moxie’s focuses on superior food quality, exceptional service and prices that represent great value for guests. The Company’s dynamic offering appeals to a plethora of audiences including business professionals, families, students and couples. The Moxie’s atmosphere provides an upscale casual dining experience that has been neglected by most major sit-down restaurant groups. The upscale ‘non-themed’ approach, coupled with superior quality food offerings and service, has proven to be highly successful. Moxie’s is a GE capital approved restaurant chain. This approval is reflective of the Company’s prudent fiscal and operational policies that position it for strategic and managed growth. Moxie’s restaurants average approximately 225 seats and are open seven days a week for lunch and dinner, late night dining, and Sunday brunch. All Moxie’s locations provide full liquor service. Of course, none of the Company’s success would be possible without people.

People at Moxie’s thrive in a business environment that encourages innovative thinking and supports input and active participation from all of its members.
MOXIE’S MANTRA

What makes Moxie’s unique and different from others? At Moxie’s we believe our most strategic competitive advantage is the Company’s culture. Our culture is built on the foundation of great people serving fabulous fresh food in an upbeat and stylish environment. Our team members, managers, Home Office and Franchisees are committed to this philosophy. Smart. Real. Full of Life.
The SMART cornerstone is focused on today’s savvy market. To secure a leading position in this marketplace requires not only a commitment to excellence, but also the drive to constantly change the Company’s offering. At Moxie’s, we monitor trends and regularly update the Company’s products to maintain a strategic advantage over competitors. Our guests have come to expect that not only will Moxie’s delight them with superb service and products, but we will surprise them with ongoing refinements and new additions of the offering. Our quality, value, décor, product presentation and people speak to the high standard required to exceed the expectations of the marketplace. And, we package this with intelligent, high energy branding that is relevant for today’s modern and informed customer.

The REAL cornerstone at Moxie’s captures our relationship with each of the following groups of stakeholders.

Employees. We recognize that to run the best casual restaurants, we need the best leaders and team members operating each Moxie’s Classic Grill. To this end, our mandate is to strive to be the employer of choice, an individuals first choice for employment in the restaurant industry.

Guests. At Moxie’s, it is our primary goal to provide a positive experience for each one of our guests. From our freshly prepared food to our guest focused service we continually strive to maintain and improve our guests’ experiences. With this in mind, every aspect of our menu offering is carefully designed to offer meaningful choice.Corporate and Franchise Stakeholders. At a fundamental level, our primary goal is a high level of long-term restaurant profit. This is why, at Moxie’s, we constantly review and refine our offering to optimize our relevance in the market. Also, our management systems position us to maximize the profit potential of our sales.

The FULL OF LIFE cornerstone is the essence of the hospitality industry. By definition,the purpose of this industry is to help guests enjoy themselves. Each program Moxie’s undertakes is designed to inject style, energy and fun into the Company’s food, drinks, décor and branding. Moreover, FULL OF LIFE speaks to the Company’s orientation. We are fast paced and action-oriented, moving quickly to seize the leading position as the market changes and new opportunities become available.

boston pizza

Started in Edmonton, Alberta in 1964, Boston Pizza is ‘two experiences under one roof’ – a family-friendly casual dining restaurant with a separate sports bar.

Boston Pizza restaurants offer a casual dining setting with over 100 menu items including gourmet pizzas made with our signature hand pressed dough. We also have mouth-watering pastas and a wide variety of appetizers, salads, entrées and desserts. The restaurant is perfect for families, teams and groups of all ages and the sports bars have big screen TVs to catch your favourite game. These are the things that keep our guests coming back again and again.

Most of our restaurants also have an outdoor patio for all of our Guests to sit back and soak up the sun.

Boston Pizza has more locations, serving more guests annually than any other casual dining concept in the country. Over 38 million guests were served in 2008 at over 325 locations in Canada.
Your nearest Boston Pizza location, where you’re among friends, is just a few clicks away.

We all know why the chicken crossed the road. But why do they get up so damn early? So your eggs are fresh – every day – that’s why.For breakfast, take two of those eggs (three! for an omelette), then add bacon (the good kind), ham, sausage, or OUR personal favorite – our signature Montreal smoked meat.

Expect a generous portion of our inhouse panfries and some toast. Want more? Then it’s omelette time. Big, loaded and tasty. You’ll need to kick back with an extra coffee after one of these. Can you say hollandaise? Easier than I can spell it, I bet. So have a Benny, or go totally nuts – have the Montreal Benny.

Did someone say burgers? As in twenty different burgers? Try the Manilow . . Barry, being one of the cheesiest singers of all time, gets our ultimate cheese burger named after him.

Venture past Kelowna’s The Grateful Fed Bar & Grill any Tuesday through Saturday night and you might think you’ve stumbled upon a street festival. In among the hordes of people gathered in front of and inside the Bernard Avenue restaurant, there will inevitably be a juggler or two, people spinning poi, and, of course, a live band or DJ cranking out the tunes as a backdrop to it all.

The music-themed ‘psyche deli’, as it’s been dubbed, has been offering live entertainment five nights a week for the past two of its three-and-a-half years, making it quite the main street hub most nights. One never knows what to expect from one night to the next – from hip hop to reggae, house music to folk, with the occasional belly dancing event thrown in for good measure (see – thegratefulfed.ca – for a schedule). It’s become a favourite for the art set, modern day and old-fashioned hippies, travellers, the alternative crowd and punks. “Sometimes you can see this mix of people sitting together – a trades guy next to a mohawk next to someone with dreadlocks. It’s rare to see these people all in one room,” said Ryan Abougoush, owner Kamel Abougoush’s son and business partner. It is he who organizes the evening lineup, which runs from about 8:30 p.m. to midnight.

The music theme started with a collection of old promotional posters and record jackets adorning the walls, of classic rock artists from the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s. Everyone, from Elvis Presley to the restaurant’s namesake, The Grateful Dead, is there. Under the glass that covers every table is a collection of rock ‘n roll memorabilia, from handbills to concert tickets, with pictures of customers – famous or not – also thrown into the mix.

It wasn’t long after opening that The Fed started receiving donations of more posters, record jackets, promotional pictures and concert tickets. “It’s become a community thing”, Ryan told eVentLife during a conversation this week. “I think it gives them a certain feeling of ownership.” The collection has grown to include some hometown talent, including local bands Ricky and the Blue Cats, the Zamboni Brothers and Sleddogs. And they’re just some of the up-and-coming talent who have played the place.

De Dutch Restaurant Kelowna

De Dutch is the only restaurant of its kind in Western Canada!

We’re a franchise of casual dining restaurants that specializes in breakfast, brunch and lunch, and offers oh so much more that we’re simply different than all the rest!
Simply De licious!

When you walk into any one of our 19 restaurants, you are immediately surrounded by the warmth and comforts of home, and welcomed by genuine smiles and the wonderful aroma of fresh meals cooking.

You can trust that the same great food is available at every location, from your traditional favourites such as a large variety of Eggs Bendict, Omelettes and Breakfast Platters, to our special Dutch creations such as our famous Pannekoeken – genuine Dutch pancakes over 12″ in diameter and served in over 50 combinations of mouthwatering ingredients!

And, of course lunch favourites are also available from an assortment of hot and cold Sandwiches, Wraps and Soup to our legendary Frying Dutchman Burgers!

With only the highest quality ingredients used and freshness guaranteed – plus, a Dutch twist to most creations – it’s just simply delicious!
Simply De Best!

Not only are you guaranteed the best De Dutch dining experience at each one of our locations, you are also guaranteed to experience the unique charm and character that each one of our Franchisees personally brings to their restaurant.

While each location features a décor honouring Dutch tradition, each is independently designed to reflect the unique character of each restaurant. But even more importantly, each Franchisee is passionately devoted to their business and brings to their restaurant and customer experience the flavour of their own personalities and individual character.

As a result, our customers are greeted with the delightful combination of consistent quality and the personal touch of each Franchisee, guaranteeing simply delicious food and an experience that is simply de best!

Here’s a new twist to the traditional De Dutch Restaurants that is simply divine! De Dutch Strawberry Hill in Surrey is open for dinner 7 nights a week! You’ve just got to check it out!