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Elephant & Castle Pub and Restaurant

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Canadian restaurant chain

Elephant & Castle Pub and Restaurant, or simply Elephant & Castle (E&C), is a Canadian restaurant chain founded in 1977. The restaurants operate in Canada and the United States.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1977Founded1

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Elephant & Castle Pub and Restaurant, or simply Elephant & Castle (E&C), is a Canadian restaurant chain founded in 1977. The restaurants operate in Canada and the United States.2

The story

In 2012, a Canadian restaurant firm acquired Boston-based Elephant & Castle Group, which operated 19 establishments at the time and had filed for chapter 11 protection in 2011. Franworks Group owned and operated fourteen Elephant & Castle (E&C) restaurants, as of 2014, including five in Canada and nine in the U.S.

Locations

There were ten locations, as of 2016. In Canada, E&C restaurants operate in Calgary, Toronto, and Winnipeg. Previously, there were restaurants in Edmonton and Vancouver.

In the United States, E&C restaurants operate in Boston's Financial District, Chicago, Seattle, and Washington, D.C. Previously, there were restaurants in Philadelphia and San Francisco.

From Wikipedia’s article on Elephant & Castle (restaurant), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 2016Acquired Acquired by Recipe Unlimited1
  2. 1977Founded Founded1

Sources

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