Nooooo... Chief Chiniki's burns to the ground.

[Redlyne_mr2]

I never once ate there in my 31 years of passing by it but it was a land mark that I'm sad to see gone.

CTV Calgary
Published Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012 8:44AM MDT
Last Updated Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012 8:51AM MDT
The Chief Chiniki restaurant, located west of Calgary, was consumed by a massive blaze early on Tuesday morning.

There are no clear details on what caused the fire, but it has been confirmed that the building was destroyed by the blaze.

Reports say that the fire first broke out at around 12:45 a.m.

They also say that crews from three different districts - Springbank, Cochrane, and Stoney Nakoda Nation responded to the fire.

No one is believed to have been hurt.

We'll have further details on the CTV News at Noon.



Read more: http://calgary.ctvnews.ca/chief-chin...#ixzz24C5zWwil

http://calgary.ctvnews.ca/chief-chin...-down-1.923310

[clem24]

They got bored of jaywalking.

[Canmorite]

It was the one spot you could tell people you were near, in relation to the distance between heading to Banff/Calgary...

Never pulled off the highway to go in there either.

[C_Dave45]

Originally posted by Redlyne_mr2
I never once ate there in my 31 years of passing by it but it was a land mark that I'm sad to see gone.

OMG!!! Same here. Every single time I drove by there. Wife and I would say..."we should go in there sometime and see what it's like".

Wow. kinda sad really. Don't know why. Just is.

[LollerBrader]

So sad. I have fond memories of the place.

Really, really, really sad.

Not going to tell my wife - It would ruin her day.

[7thgenvic]

I have taken some fantastic Sh*ts on the way home from skiing there. Going to miss the place.

[EK 2.0]

Originally posted by Canmorite

It was the one spot you could tell people you were near, in relation to the distance between heading to Banff/Calgary...

Never pulled off the highway to go in there either.

This....I used it as a time marker to make sure I was making good time when headed to canmore or banff....

[Anomaly]

I'm going to go out on a limb and say it was arson.

[CapnCrunch]

I went in there for coffee a few years ago. It was kind of a dump. You were still allowed to smoke inside the restaurant.

[masoncgy]

I thought that place had closed down, or was that another venue in the area?

[e31]

People like Redlyne_mr2 & myself (just passing by) + Competition from the Casino up the highway = insurance fraud arson case.

You heard it here first (but I knew you were thinking the same)

[LollerBrader]

Originally posted by e31
People like Redlyne_mr2 & myself (just passing by) + Competition from the Casino up the highway = insurance fraud arson case.

You heard it here first (but I knew you were thinking the same)

Jewish lightening, make way for the fire dance...

[5000Audi]

i bet they burnt it down themselves.. quick way to make a buck.. the place was a dump.. stopped in there once after masny times driving by and probably never have stopped in again..

[flipstah]

Never heard of this place. What's so special about it?

[Graham_A_M]

Probably suffered the same fate as that native gas bar just closer to Banff.

Only they just closed that down due to lack of business, with this it was probably insurance fraud again, due to the casino taking their profits.

My parents and I stopped there for gas once when I was a kid 20 years ago. Wow I got a bad vibe from that place and never returned.

Couldn't care less that its gone now.
I liked this quote from the news page.

Josh
Aug. 21, 2012
1:26 PM

Why do I somehow feel that this is going to end up costing me money to rebuild?

[guessboi]

suspicious fire.

[toastgremlin]

Originally posted by flipstah
Never heard of this place. What's so special about it?

It's on the highway, has been for a long time, and you go by it a lot of times.

The name is also sort of memorable compared to other restaurants that are on the TCH.

[syritis]

really not at all surprised by this.

[J-hop]

holy crap!!! I'm not surprised either though. My friend gassed up at the gas station once and said the guy came out to pump his gas with a cigarette hanging out of his mouth. Friend had to ask the guy to put it out.

[Weapon_R]

I spent the entire day in Morley and didn't even pay any attention to this. Nothing to miss though, the food and service were awful.