Nickels Grill & Bar
{{Short description|Canadian casual dining restaurant chain}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}
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| founded = 1990 in Canada
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| areas_served = Canada (primarily Quebec and formerly Ontario)
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Nickels is a Canadian casual dining restaurant chain. The restaurant has an extensive menu ranging from complete breakfasts to hamburgers, milkshakes, pizza, chicken, ribs, salads and a number of sandwiches, including Montreal-style smoked meat.
History
Nickels was originally created by pop diva Céline Dion and four friends, who opened their first restaurant in 1990. The name came from Dion and her husband René Angélil's lucky number, 5.{{Cite web|url=https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2020/11/06/le-chiffre-5-est-un-porte-bonheur-pour-celine-et-rene|title = Le chiffre 5 est un porte bonheur pour Céline et René| date=7 November 2020 }} The parent company claims an ongoing business relationship with Dion.
Nickels has since expanded to several franchised restaurants located primarily in Quebec and Ontario. Originally designed to resemble a typical North American family diner, Nickels redesigned some of its restaurants and introduced a grill and bar concept. The most recent iteration is operating as Nickels Delicatessen with a deli and bar concept. The restaurant is known for serving Montreal-style smoked meat.{{cite book |last1=Sax |first1=David |author1-link=David Sax |title=Save the Deli: In Search of Perfect Pastrami, Crusty Rye, and the Heart of Jewish Delicatessen |date=2009 |publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |location=Boston |isbn=9780151013845 |page=201}}{{cite web |last1=Tousignant |first1=Isa |title=Smoked meat in Montreal: the best restaurants and delis to find the delicious famous fare |url=https://www.timeout.com/montreal/restaurants/best-delis-in-montreal |website=TimeOut.com |access-date=2025-01-19 |date=8 August 2024}}
Nickels is now part of the Foodtastic group of restaurants which also includes Les Rôtisseries Benny, La Belle & La Boeuf, Souvlaki Bar, Carlos & Pepe's, Vinnie Gambini's Italian Restaurants, Bacaro, Chocolato, Big Rig, Monza and Au Coq.{{Cite web|url=https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/foodtastic-acquires-les-rotisseries-benny-848863160.html|title = Foodtastic acquires les Rotisseries Benny}}
See also
{{portal|Food|Canada}}
References
External links
- [http://www.nickelsdeli.com/ Nickels Delicatessen]
{{Celine Dion}}
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Category:Restaurant chains in Canada
Category:Restaurant franchises
Category:Companies based in Montreal
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