restaurants founded toronto ontario 2008 founder ryan smolkin headquarters ajax ontario canada 1 products poutine slogan how do you like your poutine website smokespoutinerie.com smoke s poutinerie is a canadian nationwide poutine franchise founded by entrepreneur ryan smolkin . 1 according to the company s website its goal is to bring the authentic quebec classic to the rest of the world . 3 history edit founded in toronto in 2008 its premiere location was the first poutine exclusive restaurant in that town . 4 5 smolkin was inspired by montreal restaurant la banquise which serves many different kinds of poutine . smolkin frequents la banquise whenever he visits montreal . 6 the restaurant offers over 30 different kinds of poutine and has locations in toronto hamilton st. catharines oshawa london guelph winnipeg kingston ottawa waterloo sault ste. marie mont tremblant fredericton halifax montreal calgary moose jaw kelowna vancouver and st. john s and with new franchises in the works in kingston barrie edmonton and whistler . 7 in december 2014 smoke s opened a location in berkeley california its first in the united states . 8 9 another location is in downtown las vegas nevada . smoke s signed a multi unit franchise agreement to open locations on the eastern seaboard of the u.s.a. each of the first eastern u.s. locations planned to open next to the region s colleges and universities . imperial restaurant group a team of restaurateurs with more than 25 years of experience in the mid atlantic region will open the new locations . 10 smoke s poutinerie sponsors a world poutine eating championship and also a cross canada poutine eating tour . 11 in 2015 the franchise s owners stated that they planned to expand the company internationally and would open 1 300 restaurants around the world by 2020 devoted mainly to fans of poutine . 12 references edit a b smoke s poutinerie contact page . retrieved 2011 12 02 . https www.thestar.com business 2016 07 08 smokes aims to take poutine dominance worldwide.html smoke s poutinerie about . smokespoutinerie.com . retrieved 2016 05 01 . blogto.com report on smoke s poutinerie . retrieved 2011 12 02 . ryan smolkin is smelling the greasy scent of success . retrieved 2011 12 02 . watson amie 2012 03 17 . poutine for the rest of canada . the gazette montreal . retrieved 10 april 2012 . the smoke s poutinerie promotion strategy . the globe and mail . canada s smoke s poutinerie makes its u.s. debut in berkeley . san francisco eater . smoke s poutinerie plots major u.s. expansion starting in berkeley . inside scoop sf . smoke s poutinerie ready to rock east coast . www.fastcasual.com . retrieved 12 march 2016 . lauren o neil 3 february 2016 . american wins world poutine eating championship canadians heartbroken . retrieved 12 march 2016 . toronto based smoke s reveals plan to take poutine global . the globe and mail . retrieved 2016 05 01 . external links edit official website where to get toronto s best poutine at toronto star a podcast of cbc radio q ; jian ghomeshi interviews marion kane on the origins of poutine wikibooks cookbook has a recipe module on poutine wikimedia commons has media related to poutine . this canada based restaurant or restaurant chain article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title smoke % 27s poutinerie & oldid 742919230 categories restaurant chains in canadarestaurants established in 20082008 establishments in ontariocompanies based in ontarioajax ontarionorth american restaurant stubscanadian company stubshidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameterscommons category with local link same as on wikidataall 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 in other projects wikimedia commons languages add links this page was last modified on 6 october 2016 at 17 04 . 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