{"id":489625,"date":"2026-02-21T09:29:44","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T09:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/489625\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T09:29:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T09:29:44","slug":"central-social-hall-sold-to-restaurant-franchisor-foodtastic-with-aim-of-expanding-alberta-chain-edmonton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/489625\/","title":{"rendered":"Central Social Hall sold to restaurant franchisor Foodtastic with aim of expanding Alberta chain &#8211; Edmonton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\tBy Tara Deschamps<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Canadian Press\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted February 20, 2026 2:32 pm\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t1 min read\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>Restaurant franchisor <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/foodtastic\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Foodtastic<\/a> says it has acquired <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/central-social-hall\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Central Social Hall<\/a>, a upscale casual dining and bar chain based in Edmonton.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Alberta company has two casual restaurant-bars in the Edmonton area: one near the southeast Edmonton neighbourhood of Summerside and the other in St. Albert.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/money123.jpg\" alt=\"Get expert insights, Q&amp;A on markets, housing, inflation, and personal finance information delivered to you every Saturday.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet weekly money news<\/p>\n<p>Get expert insights, Q&amp;A on markets, housing, inflation, and personal finance information delivered to you every Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The chain\u2019s central Edmonton location on Jasper Avenue and 109 Street is no longer open.<\/p>\n<p>Foodtastic did not say what it paid for the brand but says it intends to expand Central Social Hall in Alberta and other Canadian provinces over the next few years.<\/p>\n<p>It says it pursued the acquisition because it wanted to add more strong Canadian brands to its portfolio.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11674033\/virginia-giuffre-prince-andrew-arrest-jeffrey-epstein\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1771666183_871_GettyImages-1164395247.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tVirginia Giuffre\u2019s family responds to Andrew arrest: \u2018He was never a prince\u2019\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11676362\/punch-the-monkey-dragged-older-macaque-video\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/punch-the-monkey-video.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tAbandoned baby monkey Punch dragged by older macaque in heartbreaking video\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Foodtastic is also behind many Second Cup, Milestones, Freshii, Quesada, PitaPit and Jimmy John\u2019s restaurants.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Central Social Hall was founded in 2012 by Edmonton businessmen Jerry Rota and Jesse Kupina, who also owned the former The Ranch Roadhouse in south 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