logo of big smoke burger industry restaurants founded november 2007 founders mustafa yusuf headquarters toronto canada number of locations 14 area served north america the middle east key people mustafa yusuf products somali cuisine hamburgers chicken lamb salads slogan hand crafted burgers website official website big smoke burger is an international restaurant chain based in canada . 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 contents 1 establishment 2 see also 3 references 4 further reading 5 external links establishment edit the big smoke burger was founded by somali canadian mustafa yusuf in november 2007 1 originally under the name craft burger . 9 it rebranded to big smoke burger in 2011 after yusuf was unable to secure a trademark for the original name . 9 the new name was chosen as big smoke has been a noted nickname for the city of toronto which is where the company has its headquarters located at . 9 10 in 2013 the company began to expand its reach into the middle east and the united states . 1 see also edit list of hamburger restaurants references edit a b c big smoke burger expands to the middle east . report on business . 27 february 2014 . retrieved 14 march 2015 . how a canadian burger outlet made its way to the middle east . financial post . retrieved 2016 08 26 . big smoke burger expands to the middle east . the globe and mail . retrieved 2016 08 26 . big smoke burger aims for big apple . thestar.com . toronto star . retrieved 2016 08 26 . big smoke burger announces grand reopening of flagship . 2015 02 06 . retrieved 2016 08 26 . shea ryan 2014 09 19 . big smoke burger review big flavor big taste . manhattan digest . retrieved 2016 08 26 . big smoke burger opens . epoch times . 2014 07 16 . retrieved 2016 08 26 . toronto s big smoke burger opening manhattan flagship this year . grubstreet.com . new york magazine . retrieved 2016 08 26 . a b c craft burger is now big smoke burger a new location is in the works too . post city may 16 2011 . big smoke burger about us . retrieved 14 march 2015 . further reading edit the globe and mail the canadian business journal village voice gulf news qsr magazine external links edit official website this restaurant related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title big smoke burger & oldid 737481535 categories restaurant chains in canadarestaurants established in 2007restaurants in torontocompanies based in torontohamburger restaurantsfast food chains of canadarestaurant stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 3 september 2016 at 02 56 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view