Restaurant business starting to heat up in Bragg Creek

Bragg Creek’s restaurant scene is cooking with the addition of one new player and two restaurateurs who have added some new spice to existing establishments in the last two months.

A new restaurant is opening this week and two local staples have undergone major renovations to help rejuvenate Bragg Creek’s culinary menu.

On March 7, Chris Lee will open his new restaurant Snack Mania in the Bragg Creek Shopping Mall.

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U.S. restaurants look north

P.F. Chang’s China Bistro, one of the most popular casual dining chains in the United States, opened its first Canadian restaurant in an upscale Toronto mall this summer, at least two years after its international debuts in Mexico and Kuwait.

Business is already exceeding expectations, the chain says, raising the question of why it waited so long to enter a neighboring market that would seem a natural fit. After all, many border-hopping Canadians are familiar with the brand.

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