Dic Ann's Hamburgers
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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 hamburger
s, 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. 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 and St. Eustache
. 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.
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
accordion
ist who performed using the stage name
of Ann Russell.
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
Metropolitan Area
Metropolitan area
The term metropolitan area refers to a region consisting of a densely populated urban core and its less-populated surrounding territories, sharing industry, infrastructure, and housing. A metropolitan area usually encompasses multiple jurisdictions and municipalities: neighborhoods, townships,...
. Founded in 1954, Dic Ann's is best known for their extremely thin hamburger
Hamburger
A hamburger is a sandwich consisting of a cooked patty of ground meat usually placed inside a sliced bread roll...
s, which are topped with their own unique meat sauce, and served with a tongue depressor
Tongue depressor
A tongue depressor is a device used in medical practice to depress the tongue to allow for examination of the mouth and throat. The most common modern tongue depressors have thin wooden blade, smoothed and rounded at both ends, but historically tongue depressors have been made of a variety of...
. Their poutine
Poutine
Poutine is a Canadian dish of French fries and fresh cheese curds, covered with brown gravy or sauce. Sometimes additional ingredients are added.Poutine is a fast food dish that originated in Quebec and can now be found across Canada...
is also served with Dic Ann's meat sauce and their french fries
French fries
French fries , chips, fries, or French-fried potatoes are strips of deep-fried potato. North Americans tend to refer to any pieces of deep-fried potatoes as fries or French fries, while in the United Kingdom, Australia, Ireland and New Zealand, long, thinly cut slices of deep-fried potatoes are...
are cooked in 100% peanut oil
Peanut oil
Peanut oil is an organic material oil derived from peanuts, noted to have the aroma and taste of its parent legume....
. They only serve Pepsi
Pepsi
Pepsi is a carbonated soft drink that is produced and manufactured by PepsiCo...
, and other brands of soft drinks owned by Pepsico. The walls of Dic Ann's restaurants are adorned by many signed photos, caps and hockey
Hockey
Hockey is a family of sports in which two teams play against each other by trying to maneuver a ball or a puck into the opponent's goal using a hockey stick.-Etymology:...
sticks from Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
sports figures and celebrities.
The chain consists of 11 restaurants in the greater Montreal area, Montreal North
Montréal-Nord
Montreal North is a borough of the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It consists entirely of the former city of Montréal-Nord on Island of Montreal in southwestern Quebec, Canada. It was amalgamated into the City of Montreal on January 1, 2002...
, Chomedey
Chomedey, Quebec
Chomedey is a neighbourhood in the southwest of the city of Laval and was a separate municipality until the municipal mergers on August 6, 1965. Named after Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve, part of the neighbourhood had previously been known as L'Abord à Plouffe, and was once part of the seigneurie...
(Laval
Laval, Quebec
Laval is a Canadian city and a region in southwestern Quebec. It is the largest suburb of Montreal, the third largest municipality in the province of Quebec, and the 14th largest city in Canada with a population of 368,709 in 2006...
), Anjou, Terrebonne
Terrebonne, Quebec
Terrebonne is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in western Quebec, Canada. It is located on the north shores of the Rivière des Mille-Îles and of the Rivière des Prairies, North of Montreal and Laval....
, St. Jérôme
Saint-Jérôme, Quebec
Saint-Jérôme is a town in Quebec, Canada, near Mirabel, about northwest of Montreal along Autoroute des Laurentides. The town is a gateway to the Laurentian Mountains and its resorts....
, Repentigny
Repentigny, Quebec
Repentigny is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in the province of Quebec, located north of Montreal, on the lower end of the L'Assomption River and on the Saint Lawrence River. Repentigny and Charlemagne are the first towns off the island of Montreal.-History:...
, Vimont
Vimont, Quebec
Vimont is a neighbourhood in the centre of Laval, Quebec. It was a separate city until the municipal mergers on August 6, 1965.-Geography:Vimont is delimited north-west by Sainte-Rose, north-east by Auteuil, east by Duvernay, south-west by Chomedey and south-east by Pont-Viau.-Features:The Cité de...
(Laval), Longueuil
Longueuil
Longueuil is a city in the province of Quebec, Canada. It is the seat of the Montérégie administrative region and sits on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River directly across from Montreal. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census totaled 229,330, making it the third largest city in...
, Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce , also nicknamed NDG, is a residential neighbourhood of Montreal located in the city's west-end. It is one of five districts of the borough of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce...
, St.-Catherine and St. Eustache
Saint-Eustache, Quebec
Saint-Eustache is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in western Quebec, Canada, west of Montreal on the north shore of the Rivière des Mille-Îles....
. The location closest to downtown Montreal
Downtown Montreal
Downtown Montreal is the central business district of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is nearly enitirely located at the southern most slope of Mount Royal and is approximately bounded by Sherbrooke Street to the north, Papineau Avenue to the east, Guy Street or until Shaughnessy Village to the west,...
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
Telephone directory
A telephone directory is a listing of telephone subscribers in a geographical area or subscribers to services provided by the organization that publishes the directory...
. None of the restaurants are open on Mondays and some are closed on Tuesdays as well.
Founders
The name, Dic Ann, is an amalgam of the founder's names, Dominic "Dic" Potenza (1918–2009) and wife Ann Collecchia. Potenza was born in Century, West VirginiaWest Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian and Southeastern regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the northeast and Maryland to the east...
and was raised in Utica, New York
Utica, New York
Utica is a city in and the county seat of Oneida County, New York, United States. The population was 62,235 at the 2010 census, an increase of 2.6% from the 2000 census....
. "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
Rochester, New York
Rochester is a city in Monroe County, New York, south of Lake Ontario in the United States. Known as The World's Image Centre, it was also once known as The Flour City, and more recently as The Flower City...
and Buffalo, New York
Buffalo, New York
Buffalo is the second most populous city in the state of New York, after New York City. Located in Western New York on the eastern shores of Lake Erie and at the head of the Niagara River across from Fort Erie, Ontario, Buffalo is the seat of Erie County and the principal city of the...
areas. It was at one of these clubs that he met his future wife, a jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
accordion
Accordion
The accordion is a box-shaped musical instrument of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox. A person who plays the accordion is called an accordionist....
ist who performed using the stage name
Stage name
A stage name, also called a showbiz name or screen name, is a pseudonym used by performers and entertainers such as actors, wrestlers, comedians, and musicians.-Motivation to use a stage name:...
of Ann Russell.
See also
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