Assiniboia business 121 Steakhouse was sold on December 16, 2020, and new owners took over. The steakhouse opened in April of 2009 and its name came from the building’s address, 121 3rd Avenue East. Since the restaurant opened in 2009, new additions have been added onto the restaurant; the lounge was added before opening day in 2009 as well as the patio being built in during the summer that year.
The west motel was built in 2011, while the south motel was added in 2012, and shortly afterwards in 2016, the liquor store was built as a final addition.
Owners Tim and Penny Dlouhy, Dawn Lessard, Jordan Dlouhy, Judd Dlouhy, Chantel Cobbe and Allie Ambrose sold 121 Steakhouse to Alpeshkumar Patel, Lalubhai Virani, Dilip Patel, Jitendrakumar Koshiya, Sanjay Vaghasiya and Radhika Virani on December 16, 2020.
The Dlouhy family will continue to operate the Bar-B Inn, The Jolly Giant in Willow Bunch, Poncho’s Bar and Grill in Whitewood, and they have decided to open a new store in Weyburn called WeighBurn Weed and Supplies.
Assiniboia was the first place the new owners took residence in within Canada, and the vibrancy of Assiniboia and the surrounding community, which inspired the group to invest into buying 121 Steakhouse. The group of new owners have 10 years experience within the restaurant as staff as well as being involved within the community itself, and are confident in satisfying the community with making no changes from the previous owners as long as customers remain happy.
There are plans to have two management personnel at the restaurant during the hours of operation to ensure a proper restaurant environment for staff and customers. Current staff will be retained to continue great service as it was before the switch of owners.
The new owners plan to make no change to the 121 Steakhouse but will strive to improve the restaurant and keep the Steakhouse a fan favourite for the community.
