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S4: The Halifax Donair

The Secret Life of Canada

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The History of the Donar in Edmonton

Shake alhambra, who was working in a restaurant in dartmouth, nova scotia. Saw the popularity of the donair there at the same time that there was the oil boom in alberta. In the early eighties, shalke moved to alberta to open this donar shop and called it charles smart donair. Then word got out around all the maritimers that were living in alberte this time, and the place took off. And that's also why halifax felt it was important to declare it as the official food of the city.

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