<Tr> <Th> Owner </Th> <Td> Recipe Unlimited </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> kegsteakhouse.com </Td> </Tr> <P> The Keg is a Canadian - owned chain of steakhouse restaurants and bars located in Canada and the United States . The original "The Keg and Cleaver" restaurant was founded by George Tidball, in 1971, at a location in North Vancouver, British Columbia . By February 2018, The Keg had expanded to 160 locations in Canada and the United States, when Canadian food industry giant Cara Operations (now known as Recipe Unlimited) purchased the chain for $200 million, from then owners David Aisenstat (49%) and Fairfax Financial (51%). Aisenstat had been the sole owner from 1997 until 2014 . </P> <P> It was founded in 1971 in North Vancouver, British Columbia as The Keg' n Cleaver by George Tidball at one very small, downstairs location in an old industrial building in the Moodyville area of lower Lonsdale and today operates in nine provinces (excluding only Prince Edward Island) and five American states . </P>

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