Dic Ann's Hamburgers

Dic Ann's Hamburgers

Dic Ann's Hamburgers is a fast-food restaurant chain based in the Montreal Metropolitan Area. Founded in 1954, Dic Ann's is best known for their extremely thin hamburgers, which are topped with their own unique meat sauce, and served with a tongue depressor. Their poutine is also served with Dic Ann's meat sauce and their french fries are cooked in 100% peanut oil. They only serve Pepsi, and other brands of soft drinks owned by Pepsico.[1] The walls of Dic Ann's restaurants are adorned by many signed photos, caps and hockey sticks from Quebec sports figures and celebrities.

The chain consists of 11 restaurants in the greater Montreal area, Montreal North, Chomedey (Laval), Anjou, Terrebonne, St. Jérôme, Repentigny, Vimont (Laval), Longueuil, Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, St.-Catherine[2] and St. Eustache.[3] The location closest to downtown Montreal is located on St-Jacques Street in the city's Côte-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough.

Dic Ann's restaurants are not listed in local phone directories. None of the restaurants are open on Mondays and some are closed on Tuesdays as well.[4]

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Founders

The name, Dic Ann, is an amalgam of the founder's names, Dominic "Dic" Potenza (1918–2009)[5] and wife Ann Collecchia. Potenza was born in Century, West Virginia and was raised in Utica, New York. "Mr. Dic," as he was known died on October 28, 2009. During the 1940s, he worked as a head-waiter in the supper-club restaurants in the Rochester, New York and Buffalo, New York areas. It was at one of these clubs that he met his future wife, a jazz accordionist who performed using the stage name of Ann Russell.[6]

Reference

  1. ^ "Dic Ann's Website FAQ explaining why they only serve PepsiCo products". 2009-11-30. http://www.dicanns.ca/Dic_Anns_Hamburgers/Questions.html. Retrieved 2009-11-30. 
  2. ^ "Dic Ann's Website Announcing the opening of the 11th restaurant". 2009-09-16. http://dicannsnouvelles.blogspot.com/. Retrieved 2009-11-30. 
  3. ^ (French) "Printer's Proof of the new Dic Ann's placemat showing pictures of all 11 restaurants". Dic Ann's official site. http://www.dicanns.ca/Dic_Anns_Hamburgers/Nouvelles/Entries/2009/11/15_Bientot%2C_le_nouveau_napperon_de_lhiver_-_Coming_soon%2C_our_new_winter_placemat!.html. Retrieved 2009-11-30. 
  4. ^ "Dic Ann's FAQ, item 3.". Dic Ann's official site. http://www.dicanns.ca/Dic_Anns_Hamburgers/Questions.html. Retrieved 2009-12-26. 
  5. ^ "Obituary of Dominick “Dic” Potenza". Montreal Burger Report. 2009-10-28. http://montrealburgers.blogspot.com/p/dominick-potenza-1918-2009.html. Retrieved 2009-11-30. 
  6. ^ (French) "Notre histoire". Dic Ann's official site. http://www.dicanns.ca/Dic_Anns_Hamburgers/Histoire.html. Retrieved 2009-10-18. 

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