photo Neil Lucante

HORSESHOE BAY'’S Troll’s restaurant has long been a community landmark. A family business, it was
started by Joe Troll (left) as a fish and chip concession stand in 1946, and is now managed by Jason Troll
(right), who has been educated at one of the finest restauranting schools in Switzerland.

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13 - Sunday, July 10, 1988 - West Vancouver Villager

Troli’s family
business has a
long history

TROLL’S RESTAURANT is a well-known landmark that
harkens back to earlier days when Horseshoe Bay was mak-
ing the transition from a summer holiday. spot to a com-

munity in its own right.

This was the general scenario
when Joe Troll moved to Horse-
shoe Bay in 1946 and took up one
of the summer concessions that
operated there from May until
September.

Troll had come with his parents
to Canada from the Black Forest
area in Germany in 1930. He lived
in Edmonton, Vancouver and fi-
nally Toronto, where he met and
married his wife Dorothy.

“We came to Horseshoe Bay
more or less by accident,’’ recalls

Troll, who is now retired.

The concession they purchased
was a fish and chip stand, and for
a number of years, Troll had to
round out his income by working
as a waiter in Vancouver, and, for
a time, doing construction at Park
Royal Shopping Centre.

The war years weren’t the best
time to start a business like Troll’s.

“*We couldn’t buy fat to fry so I
had to render it down myself,’”’
says Troll.

Then there was the time in 1946
when Troll got caught selling a hot
dog on a ‘‘meatless Tuesday.”’

“They never did get around to
fining me,’’ laughs Troll.

Rationing began to ease off in
1947, and business began to im-
prove. Owners of summer cabins
started to use their properties year
round. The introduction of the
ferry to Gibson’s Landing in 1951
was another boost to the local

you hear children’s laughter and
the musical sounds of Grover sing-
“Near and Far’’ or Raffi
“Bumping Up and Down’’ in his
little red wagon, it is probably little
children getting a head start at
feeling good and being well.

For more information, contact
Kelly Henderson, 926-5541. .

By MAUREEN CURTIS
Contributing Writer

economy

In 1962, the fish and chip stand
was torn down and Troll’s began a
new life as a restaurant in a new
building where it continues to
operate successfully.

Joe and Dorothy’s three
children, Gloria, Bob and Gary,
were also involved in the family
business, and Gary was the one
who carried on after his dad,
opening a pub in 1978 and starting
20 franchises across Canada.

Gary is proud that Troll’s has
provided the jobs that helped
about 3,000 West. Vancouver
young people get through universi-
ty. Troll’s was also the recipient of
an Olympic Sports award as a
result of its contributions to
amateur sports.

Gary’s son Jason, now in his
early 20s, carries on the family
tradition as manager of Troll’s in
Horseshoe Bay. The franchises
have been sold off and he is con-
centrating on the focal business.

Educated at one of the world’s
finest restaurant schools in
Switzerland, Jason has ambitious
plans for Troll’s.

The kitchen has been extensively
remodelled with the addition of a
new, non-smoking dining solarium
planned for November.

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