Nine restaurant chains that haven’t made it in Toronto Victim 5: Planet Hollywood (1996–2006) Description: Part Hard Rock Café, part penny-ante Smithsonian, this global chain started with a bang in 1991, with backers like Sylvester Stallone, Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger (it was the early ’90s, after all). The Toronto location opened nearly 15 years ago, back when the Rogers Centre was still the SkyDome, and had memorabilia like Paul Gross’s Due South Mountie uniform and a life-sized statue of the Terminator. Cause of death: The restaurant chain filed for bankruptcy in 2000 and closed nine of its 35 American outlets, probably because the world ran out of gullible tourists. The Toronto location closed in 2006, with owners claiming that it never recovered from the SARS outbreak. In memoriam: planethollywood.com

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Victim 5: Planet Hollywood (1996–2006)
Description: Part Hard Rock Café, part penny-ante Smithsonian, this global chain started with a bang in 1991, with backers like Sylvester Stallone, Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger (it was the early ’90s, after all). The Toronto location opened nearly 15 years ago, back when the Rogers Centre was still the SkyDome, and had memorabilia like Paul Gross’s Due South Mountie uniform and a life-sized statue of the Terminator.
Cause of death: The restaurant chain filed for bankruptcy in 2000 and closed nine of its 35 American outlets, probably because the world ran out of gullible tourists. The Toronto location closed in 2006, with owners claiming that it never recovered from the SARS outbreak.
In memoriam: planethollywood.com

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