GarfieldEats was a

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themed after the ''

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'' franchise. It was founded in 2018 by Nathen Mazri and Pascal Haider. The restaurant had locations in Dubai, U.A.E.;

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; and

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. The Toronto location closed on November 9, 2020 due to the

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and a dispute over rent; an earlier dispute that year resulted in the restaurant closing temporarily. It has since been reduced to a frozen foods brand, selling only "Big Cow" Lasagnas. GarfieldEats featured entries such as

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(the title character's favorite food), Garfield-shaped

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, " Garficcinos",

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s, and Garfield-shaped

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bars. Customers could order food by using mobile phones attached to a restaurant's walls; or the GarfieldEats phone app for delivery. The app also allowed customers to play games and to watch episodes of ''

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''. The restaurant's slogan, "Love Me, Feed Me, Don't Leave Me", was based on the Garfield quote "Love me, feed me, never leave me"; Nathen Mazri was particularly inspired by its appearance in '' Garfield: The Movie''. Mazri and Garfield creator Jim Davis have described GarfieldEats as "entergaging" (a portmanteau of "entertaining" and "engaging"). After continuous struggles to pay their landlord and general unprofitability, GarfieldEats shut down in the winter of 2021.

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* Garfield Restaurants established in 2018 Online food ordering Restaurants in Toronto Restaurant chains in Canada 2018 establishments in Ontario Companies based in Toronto {{Canada-restaurant-stub