Earls (restaurant chain)
Overview
Restaurant
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chain that operates in Western Canada
Western Canada
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as well as Arizona
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, Washington and Colorado
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in the United States
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, and recently in Mississauga, Ontario
Ontario
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. Earls has approximately 50 locations and their head office in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Earls was founded in 1982 and the first restaurant was located in Edmonton
Edmonton
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, Alberta
Alberta
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, Canada
Canada
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. Leroy Earl Fuller (b.1930), the founder, was an experienced restaurateur with over twenty successful and failed restaurants to his name.