About The
Sunnyside Grill Franchise

Our Story

Back in Treviso, Italy, in the 1930’s, Ivy, a young, beautiful woman was just trying to help her family make ends meet. Ivy saw the village workers walk by her home each morning carrying their canvas meal bags. Her family home had an ample patio area outside and with quick addition of two worn tables, some chairs and her own grandmothers pale blue tablecloths (the colour of Ivy’s eyes her grandma would say); Ivy began serving hot homemade specialties to the local workers. Her farm provided the freshest eggs! And her grandmother’s secret sausage ingredients had been passed down from generation to generation!

Soon there were line-ups! People from neighbouring villages would make the journey into Treviso to sample Ivy’s recipes! One particular patron Olivero, hopelessly smitten with Ivy ate there every day for a year until Ivy agreed to go out with him on a date!

Many visitors would ask Olivero where they could find Ivy’s tables, as there was no sign to indicate where she was located. “With a smile that lights up the Italian sky like Ivy’s” Olivero would say, “its simple, Ivy’s grill is on the Sunnyside of the street" and The Original Sunnyside Grill was born!