What's in a Name?
Our Story
"Dreadnaught" comes from two origins for us; community connection and culinary inspiration. Primarily, we wanted a name significant to the community of Morell. After considering a variety of options and nothing feeling just right, our research of Morell lead us to 'it' — the perfect name and community link. The first hockey rink in Morell was built in 1914 and the original community team was known as "The Dreadnoughts". More information can be found on the Morell Community website.
Secondly, one of our favorite chefs, Anthony Bourdain used the name in his New York Times best-selling book Kitchen Confidential. Not wanting to name his former employer, Bourdain used the name "Dreadnaught" as his fictitious restaurant. It had been a few years since either of us had read the book but once the association was made we knew that we had finally found our name.
As we embraced the name and continued our research, we discovered that "Dreadnaught" is the name of a British battle ship that launched in 1906; which likely played a part in the original hockey team getting its name. The nautical connection is why we have incorporated an anchor in our logo.
We look forward to being an addition to the amazing community of Morell and we cannot wait to meet you all!!