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title: "Dickey’s Barbecue Pit Builds Upon Canadian Presence"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/cbd73ca1-6b39-43a5-9535-8676b781c4d7
source: "Franchising.com"
original_url: https://www.franchising.com/news/20220330_dickeys_barbecue_pit_builds_upon_canadian_presence.html
category: "Casual dining"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Casual dining"
published: 2022-03-30T12:00:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:11:19.333Z
image: https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1504674900247-0877df9cc836?w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop
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# Dickey’s Barbecue Pit Builds Upon Canadian Presence

**TL;DR:** Dickey's Barbecue Pit is expanding its Canadian presence with a new location in Toronto, slated to open this summer. The brand is partnering with Anand Desai and Sharmistha Ghosh to grow its presence in Canada.

*originally published in Franchising.com on 2022-03-30. [Read the original](https://www.franchising.com/news/20220330_dickeys_barbecue_pit_builds_upon_canadian_presence.html).*

## Story

This announcement comes on the heels of Dickey’s recent agreement to open its first Canada location in Alberta. Toronto’s first Dickey’s is slated to open this summer, bringing Texas Style BBQ further across the northern border.

Anand Desai, a 15-year veteran in the governance, risk and control space, was driven towards the restaurant business by his passion to serve the members of his local community. Anand is joined by his partner, Sharmistha Ghosh, who brings a plethora of experience managing and running a successful restaurant in Toronto. Currently, Sharmistha works for a local brand in the city, where she is responsible for day-to-day operations and serves as a franchise coordinator.

“We’re excited to partner with Anand and Sharmistha to help grow our presence in Canada,” Laura Rea Dickey said. “Toronto has an amazing dining scene, but it lacks a true, authentic barbecue experience, which we can’t wait to provide. It’s always exciting to debut our Legit. Texas. Barbecue.™ in a new community, but it’s particularly exciting when our brand crosses borders. We look forward to introducing our tastes of Texas to Toronto and more Canadians across the country.”

## Entities

- Franchising.com (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- unit expansion (topic)
- restaurant opening (topic)
- canada (location)
- Dickey's Barbecue Pit (company)
- Laura Rea Dickey (person)
- Toronto (location)
- canadian market (topic)

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Originally reported by Franchising.com (https://www.franchising.com/news/20220330_dickeys_barbecue_pit_builds_upon_canadian_presence.html). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/cbd73ca1-6b39-43a5-9535-8676b781c4d7).