The Pickle Barrel is a Canadian restaurant chain. Originally opened in 1971 as a Jewish deli located on Leslie Street in Toronto, the restaurant now operates locations across southwestern Ontario.
History
The first Pickle Barrel opened in 1971 as an 85-seat restaurant located on Leslie Street in Toronto. Over the subsequent decades, the restaurant expanded to become a chain with locations across the Greater Toronto Area (GTA).
On October 16, 2017, The Pickle Barrel was acquired by Cara Operations Limited (renamed Recipe Unlimited in 2018), a subsidiary of the holding company Fairfax Financial. The restaurant opened a location in Waterloo, Ontario in 2019, their first outside of the GTA.
Operations
While Pickle Barrel originally operated as a Jewish deli