ltd. type privately held company founded 1931 in downtown winnipeg manitoba canada headquarters winnipeg canada number of locations 17 1 key people earl and cheryl barish number of employees 500 website http www.salisburyhouse.ca salisbury house is a restaurant chain based in winnipeg manitoba canada . known locally as sals the chain is considered a winnipeg institution.the first salisbury house restaurant was founded in downtown winnipeg in 1931 by ralph erwin september 2 1902 june 5 1983 2 who named the venture after the salisbury steak . erwin disliked the term hamburger so named his burger a nip to market his hamburgers as a small nip or bite of salisbury steak . the restaurant has seventeen locations in winnipeg and employs over 500 people . in 1979 erwin sold his majority interest in the chain to a group of investors . in 2001 it was bought from its then montreal owners by a group of local investors . the majority owners are earl and cheryl barish . salisbury house is well known for its nips hamburgers as well as its breakfast platters wafer pie red velvet cake and house coffee . the chain recently introduced a complete line of hot dogs known as a winni dog . references edit locations . salisbury house of canada . retrieved may 19 2012 . http www.mhs.mb.ca docs people erwin rm.shtml ralph martin erwin manitoba historical society retrieved 2014 april 29 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title salisbury house restaurant & oldid 681715724 categories companies based in winnipegrestaurant chains in canadaprivately held companies of canada navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 19 september 2015 at 01 11 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view