BeaverTails facts for kids
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| Industry | Food |
| Founded | 1978, in Killaloe, Ontario |
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| Products | Pastry |
BeaverTails is a popular Canadian restaurant chain. It's famous for its special pastries, also called BeaverTails. These treats are made from fried dough, stretched by hand to look like a beaver's tail. They come with many different toppings.
The first BeaverTails started in Killaloe, Ontario, in 1978. Two years later, the first permanent store opened in Ottawa. By 2018, BeaverTails had grown a lot! They had 140 locations in six different countries. You can find them across Canada, in parts of the United States, and even in places like Mexico and Japan. In Quebec, the company is known as Queues de Castor.
The Story of BeaverTails
BeaverTails began with Grant and Pam Hooker. They used their family recipe for fried dough to start a business. Their first pastries were sold at a fair in Killaloe, Ontario, in 1978.
In 1980, they opened their first permanent BeaverTails stand. It was in the Byward Market in Ottawa. Later, in 1987, Pino Di Ioia started working for BeaverTails. He became the manager of a location at La Ronde, an amusement park. In 2002, Pino, his wife, and his twin brother took over running the whole BeaverTails company.
Delicious BeaverTail Pastries
The main product is the BeaverTail pastry itself. It's a flat, oval-shaped piece of fried dough. You can choose from many different flavors.
Most BeaverTails are topped with sweet things. Popular choices include whipped cream, banana slices, crumbled Oreo cookies, cinnamon sugar, and chocolate hazelnut spread. Sometimes, you can even find savory versions. These might have toppings like poutine or hotdogs.
The names "BeaverTails" and "Queues de Castor" are special. They have been officially registered as trademarks since 1988. This means only BeaverTails Canada Inc. and its related companies can use these names for their products.
BeaverTails in the News
BeaverTails gained a lot of attention in Canada and the United States. This happened when they were served at the Canadian Embassy in Washington, D.C. It was during the first inauguration of former U.S. President Barack Obama.
The pastries were also mentioned on the news before President Obama visited Ottawa in February 2009. It showed how Canadian businesses were involved. During his visit, he even stopped at the ByWard Market. He bought a BeaverTails pastry on his way to the airport. To celebrate his visit, one special pastry was called the "Obamas Tail." It was a classic cinnamon and sugar BeaverTail with maple-flavored eyes and a Nutella "O" for Obama.
See also
- List of Canadian restaurant chains
- List of coffeehouse chains
- List of doughnut shops
- List of doughnut varieties
