Two Brothers Family Restaurant

The Karalekas Family

We are a family of 5 comprised of our mother Beverley, father Jimmy, oldest brother Peter, middle brother Johnny and the youngest of the siblings Angelo. We are a very close and loving family who looked up to our parents all our lives. We can only hope to become half of what our parents were to us.

Our parents owned seven restaurants as we grew up, so we have been in the business our entire lives. When our father passed away in October of 2002, our oldest sibling Peter and baby brother Angelo decided to open the Two Brothers Family Restaurant to honor our father whom we greatly miss. Our goal is to create the same atmosphere and incredible food quality our father provided his customers, friends, and family for over 45 years. Our father started his first restaurant 'The Mayflower' on Elgin St. in Ottawa in1959 with his two brothers. We feel that there is no better way to honor him than for two of our brothers to start a restaurant together.

As a family, we strive to follow my father and mother’s important rules in life: family and love is everything, and we should respect and cherish each other. These virtues will be taught to our children and all generations that follow, and we’ll build the Two Brothers Family Restaurant on the same values.