Canadian restaurant chain with a
50s-like decoration style, specialized in
smoked-meat and owned by
Celine Dion (I'm not
even kidding).
Nickel's was created in
1990 by the singer
Celine Dion, her husband and manager
René Angelil, Paul Sara, Peter Mammas and Lawrence Mammas. The name of the restaurant was decided by Mrs. Dion herself. She chosen the name
nickel's because she thought that
5 was her lucky number (In
Canada, 5 cents are made of nickel). So they started selling smoked-meat and
spaghetti for only 5 cents.
Celine and René sold their parts in 1997 after a big fiscal fraud from the administration. But Celine's sister, Claudette, still owns a franchise.