George Yoshida
George Yoshida made arrangements with Caribou Hotel proprietor Gideon in June 1921 to operate the dining room of the Carcross hotel.1) Carcross was experiencing an increase of tourist business in the early 1920s. Yoshida gained a reputation of a first class cook from his employment in the southern Yukon as the chef at the Caribou Hotel in Carcross and later at the Copper King mine.2) In November 1921, the Whitehorse paper confirmed that George would have another first class café in operation in Whitehorse. This was in addition to the City café.3)
The City Café on Main Street in Whitehorse was owned and operated by the Yoshidas - George, Ken, and Harry. They all had wives and children.4) The City Café was renovated and redecorated in May 1924, and while it was closed, the business was carried on in the White Pass Café.5) George Yoshida left on a trip to Japan in November 1925 and returned in early April 1926, in time for the tourist business.6) All of the the Yoshidas left the Yukon in May 1937.7)