JLaw Enterprise began in 2010 with a single Swiss Chalet in Sudbury — a city John Law had called home since he was a boy. What followed was not a plan so much as a pattern: find something worth doing, do it exceptionally, and do it again somewhere new.
Fifteen years later, the family enterprise spans fine-dining steakhouses of our own making, the most trusted franchise names in Canadian hospitality, cannabis retail, HVAC and plumbing trades, flooring and windows, construction, an auto dealership, and a $15M hotel development — all held together by one quiet philosophy.
Read our storyFrom our roots in Greater Sudbury to outposts in Winnipeg and Thunder Bay — every location carries the same commitment to craft, to people, and to the places they serve.
Fifteen years, chapter by chapter.
John Law acquires the Swiss Chalet franchise in Sudbury — the foundation stone.
Our original steakhouse concept — lava rock, Certified Angus Beef — opens on The Kingsway.
Lot 88 crosses provincial lines with openings in North Bay, Winnipeg and Waterloo.
Happy Life Cannabis opens — the first dispensary outside Ontario's original lottery system.
North Bay Mazda returns to local ownership under the Law brothers.
Lot 88 lands in Timmins; a $15M Best Western Plus hotel conversion begins in Sudbury.
Sudbury made me what I am today — so I want to give it back to the community.