improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article is an orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . november 2013 this article s tone or style may not reflect the encyclopedic tone used on wikipedia . see wikipedia s guide to writing better articles for suggestions . november 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message exki industry fast casual restaurants number of locations 70 1 website www.exki.com exki ekski is an international chain of healthy fast casual grab and go restaurants . the belgian owners have stated 2 that the name is a play on the french word exquis meaning exquisite or delightful . 3 as of october 2014 update exki currently operates 70 restaurants in belgium france italy luxembourg netherlands and united states . 1 history edit the concept was conceived during a 1999 reunion of three former classmates frederic rouvez nicolas steisel and arnaud de mee s. their idea was a fast casual restaurant where the food was natural fresh & ready . citation needed in january 2001 they opened their first exki restaurant in brussels . in 2002 exki won the best concept award from the french international real estate conference mapic and was awarded their best food and beverage retail concept award in 2012 . in june 2014 the chain opened their first united states location on park avenue south in manhattan . 4 references edit a b retail briefs belgian fave opens in nyc tartinery in brookfield place . real estate weekly . 25 october 2013 . retrieved 11 december 2013 . http exkinyc.com about us weiss lois 23 september 2013 . belgian food group settles in on park ave . new york post . retrieved 11 december 2013 . http mobile.nytimes.com 2014 01 29 dining moscow 57 on delancey street and more restaurant openings.html external links edit official web site official web site for us location retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title exki & oldid 723190850 categories restaurant chains in belgiumrestaurants in belgium2001 establishments in belgiumhidden categories orphaned articles from november 2013all orphaned articleswikipedia articles needing style editing from november 2013all articles needing style editingpages using infobox company with unsupported parametersarticles containing potentially dated statements from october 2014all articles containing potentially dated statementsall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from february 2014 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 fran aisnederlands edit links this page was last modified on 1 june 2016 at 15 31 . 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