Last week we found out Tim Hortons will be arriving in New York City in August, opening in three Cold Stone Creamery locations. While I and several newspaper articles described this as Tim Hortons entering the "Coffee Wars" of New York City, three locations wouldn't be much of a stronghold.Entirely independent of this co-branded arrival next month, Riese Restaurants, a major franchiser of fast food options in New York City's main economic zones, announced this past day that it's replacing its 13 Dunkin' Donuts locations with Tim Hortons. And, amazingly, will complete the conversion between the close of business Friday and the Monday morning breakfast rush.
Riese and Dunkin' Donuts have a decade-long feud which started in 1999 when The New York Post published a photo of a mouse sitting on one doughnut and nibbling on another, shot at a Riese-run Dunkin' Donuts in Midtown. The photo even got a nod on The Late Show with David Letterman. Dunkin' sued Riese and tried to remove their franchise rights.
In the spirit of that photo, which I haven't found on the internet, I have attached a photo of a chipmunk and a Tim Hortons cup!
Riese has also mentioned that its Dunkin' sales were bad outside of breakfast time, which it hopes to remedy with Tim Hortons vast sandwich offering and lower franchise fees.
Riese has already removed all mentions of Dunkin' Donuts from its website, and has not created a page for Tim Hortons yet. Thus, using the Wayback Machine, here is the list of Riese-run Dunkin' Donuts locations as of last year:
| 761 7th Avenue @ 50th St. New York, NY Phone: (212) 767-8347 |
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48 New Street @ Wall St. New York, NY Phone: (212) 483-8319 |
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152 West 34th Street bet. 6th & 7th Ave. New York, NY Phone: (212)630-0319 |
| 2547 Broadway @ 94th St. New York, NY Phone: (212)316-2915 |
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1276 Lexington Avenue @ 86th St. New York, NY Phone: (212) 339-8868 |
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47 East 42nd St. bet. Park & Madison Ave. New York, NY Phone: (212) 681-8501 |
| Penn Station LIRR Level New York, NY Phone: 630-0314 |
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Penn Station Amtrak Level* New York, NY Phone: (212)630-0320 |
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Madison Square Garden Taxi Ramp New York, NY Phone: (212)594-0204 |
| 451 Fulton Street Brooklyn, NY Phone: (718) 237-9346 |
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22 Court Street Brooklyn, NY Phone: (718) 624-1107 |
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50 Fulton Street @ Cliff St. New York, NY Phone: (212)732-6551 |
Photo credit: Photo by Mark Olson. Licence Information
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I liked my croissant sandwich, but not sure I see a big difference with their donuts and coffee. However, it is something new to New York so if Tim Hortons comes in at the right price point I can see the Canadian explosion. http://www.melivingnyc.com/blog/2009/07/10/whats-this-aboot-eh/
I liked my croissant sandwich, but not sure I see a big difference with their donuts and coffee. However, it is something new to New York so if Tim Hortons comes in at the right price point I can see the Canadian explosion. http://www.melivingnyc.com/blog/2009/07/10/whats-this-aboot-eh/