New York Fries
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| Type | Private |
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| Founded | Brantford, Ontario |
| Area served | Canada, Hong Kong, Korea, United Arab Emirates. |
| Key people | Jay Gould |
| Industry | Fast-food Restaurants |
| Products | French Fries, Hotdogs |
| Revenue | Undisclosed |
| Website | www.newyorkfries.com |
New York Fries is a Canadian fast food restaurant that mainly serves french fry dishes and hot dogs. There are locations in all ten Canadian provinces, as well as in South Korea, the United Arab Emirates, and recently Hong Kong.
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[edit] History
New York Fries was founded in Brantford, Ontario by brothers Jay and Hal Gould.[1] In 1983, on a trip to New York City, the brothers visited an establishment in the South Street Seaport serving french fries and chose to purchase the company. The location in New York City at South Street Seaport has since closed.
[edit] South St. Burger Co.
Recently the company has opened a chain called South St. Burger Co. serving the same fries as New York Fries and also hamburgers and salads. The chain has six locations in the Greater Toronto Area. The name South St. Burger Co. comes from the name South Street Seaport, in New York City where the brothers found the original New York Fries.
[edit] Locations
There are over 201 locations across Canada, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, South Korea and Hong Kong. This includes ten corporate stores in Canada, including seven in Toronto. There are franchises in all of Canada's ten provinces, most located in shopping malls and movie theatres.[citation needed]
Despite the name of the company, there are no locations in New York City, or in the United States as of October 4, 2008. However, there were locations in some Michigan shopping malls in the 1990s.[citation needed]
The first location in the Greater China Region opened in Hong Kong's Harbour City in December 2008. The franchise agreement requires them to open a minimum of 10 locations in Hong Kong and Macau within 5 years.[citation needed]
