In the fall of 1996, three friends got the outrageous idea of opening a restaurant. A great location was found, a great concept was conceived but a not-so-great name was chosen (The Crossroads). Fortunately, that never happened!

Wild idea in hand, the three friends went to see the accountant to crunch the numbers. One remarked that the accountant was left-handed as she was. The other two, in a moment of surprise, realized that they too were lefties!

The coincidences failed to end there. Meetings at three banks (no it wasn't easy!) produced three left-handed managers. The real estate agent, bagel supplier and electrician were also lefties. It didn't take an Einstein (also a lefty) to figure out what to call our restaurant.

LEFTY’S was born on Friday December 13th (a lucky day for left-handers that we were unaware of until later) 1996, in Qualicum Beach, B.C. (Canada’s ‘Left Coast’). The rest, as they say, is history.