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| Closing out NY Fries |
The New York Fries Poutinerie in the Sunnybrook Plaza has closed after just 12 months at the strip mall. It is said by neighbouring merchants that the company had complained that the location never turned a profit. The length of the lease is unknown but a critical factor for the parent company, South Street Burger, is that it was able to make better use of the store’s expensive fryer at another location where the company was making money. Such units are said to cost as much as $50,000 new. It is not known just what time period remains on the lease but the one year which has elapsed since opening probably does not see the end of it. The landlord is Rio.Can. It had been hoped by New York Fries that its proximity to Leaside High School would bring a substantial lunch business at the very least. But the LHS kids who find their way to Sunnybrook at noon are said to find it easy to make the additional trip to the Metro grocery where there is an extensive choice of fast food and, some say, better prices.
