Prime Restaurants Inc. ('Prime') franchises, owns and operates casual dining restaurant brands and premium Irish pubs in Canada. The founders of Prime, pioneers since 1979 in the Canadian casual dining industry, opened the first Casey's restaurant in 1980 in Sudbury, Ontario. Today, Prime's portfolio includes: East Side Mario's; Casey's; a family of authentic Irish pubs operating under the trade-marks Fionn MacCool's, D'Arcy McGee's, Paddy Flaherty's, and Tir nan Óg; and a Belgian-style brasserie operating under the trade-mark Bier Markt and Italian restaurants operating under the trade-mark Pat and Mario's. more... See more text