Family restaurant group keeps fingers in many pies to grow over two generations
The Hnatiw family has successfully expanded their restaurant business, Esplanade Restaurants, over two generations. Originally starting with the Old Spaghetti Factory, they now operate multiple dining concepts on the same street in downtown Toronto. As consumer spending habits change, the family has diversified their offerings to adapt to the evolving hospitality landscape.
- ▪Esplanade Restaurants was founded by Peter Hnatiw in the 1970s and has since expanded to include multiple dining concepts.
- ▪The company currently employs around 250 staff and is located on a street that has transformed from industrial to a bustling dining area.
- ▪The Hnatiws plan to reach a goal of 10 restaurant concepts by 2034, focusing on diverse offerings to attract a wider customer base.
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Open this photo in gallery:Graham Hnatiw seated in Toronto’s The Old Spaghetti Factory, where he and his brother Dan, right, cut their teeth in the restaurant industry before developing other concepts for the Esplanade Restaurants company that their father Peter founded in the 1970s.Thomas BollmannShareSave for laterPlease log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free AccountIn the 1970s, empty warehouses and surface parking lots dotted The Esplanade roadway on what was then the edge of downtown Toronto. Railway and harbour activity had left the once-bustling industrial corridor for more modern shipping and transit infrastructure. That suited the Old Spaghetti Factory restaurant chain just fine.
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