Smoke's Poutinerie has just signed a deal with BMO Field to
sell its Toronto brand of poutine in the stadium's CNE grounds parking lot
during the upcoming Toronto FC season's 40 games.
Toronto is, there's no point in denying it, a trendy city.
Whether it be condos, indie cafes or burger joints, things pop up on our
streets in waves. Poutine is one of the latest, and though Poutini's initially
got some of the best reviews (at least partially because it's close to the
Drake, in a neighbourhood where many of the folks who review such thing tend to
live, or wish they did), it's Smoke's that's really taking the curds by the
horns and going large.
After opening their first location over cult burrito joint
Burrito Boyz on Adelaide West, and another on Dundas, Smiths Falls native and
former graphic designer Ryan Smolkin is to open a third shop in late March on
Queen Street just west of Bathurst.
According to Smoke's general manager Glenn Mori, the new
shop will be about 900 square feet and will seat 15.
The opening will represent as much as a 50 per cent increase
in jobs for the company, adding between 10 and 15 positions to the quickly
expanding company's current 30.
Writer: Bert Archer
Source: Smoke's Poutinerie