Coming to America: foreign chain restaurants in the U.S.

Yahoo ^ | March 6, 2014 | Staff

[C19fan]

American chain restaurants have long been fond of expanding beyond the U.S. borders – see McDonald's (MCD), KFC and Subway – and as time marches on, the trade works in reverse, too.

Restaurants from Asia, Central and South America, Africa, Europe and Australia have over the years made their way to the States, bringing with them all manner of entrees, sandwiches and sweets. Some have been here a while and made sizable inroads, such as Canadian doughnut seller Tim Hortons (THI), while others are newer and smaller, like South Korean chicken shop Bonchon.

[musicman]

[hoagy62]

Back when I was deployed in Germany in the early 80’s, I happened to be in the smallest town in Germany (Schwaebisch Gmuend) to have a McDonald’s. The owner/manager was an ex-pat American and former soldier. The restaurant regularly seemed to win awards as the best/cleanest McDonald’s in all of Europe.

[svcw]

awwww, Street vendors - tacos! So good.
Best fish taco I ever had was in Ensanada from a street side vendor, a mom and pop place. It was interesting, they put the taco on a piece of paper and when you were done you took the paper to this kid (probably their child) she counted the papers and told you how much you owed.

[ifinnegan]

Yeah. They call it PFK in Quebec.

I got my first Poutine at a PFK outside Montreal.

[Fiji Hill]

I got my first Poutine at a PFK outside Montreal.

Sounds as though they've adapted their menu to accommodate local tastes.