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Boustan
Restaurant in Montreal, Canada From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Boustan is a Lebanese-Canadian fast food restaurant chain in Montreal, Quebec. It was established in 1986.
Boustan is a Persian word for garden or park which was later adopted into Arabic with the same meaning.
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History
Boustan was established in 1986 by Imad Smaidi, popularly known as "Mr. Boustan". Smaidi immigrated to Canada from Lebanon in the 1972,[1] studied engineering at École Polytechnique de Montréal and worked for Philips before quitting to run Boustan full-time.[2] It moved several times before settling in its final pre-franchise location, 2020A Crescent Street in downtown Montreal.[1]
Boustan has been frequented by, among others, former Prime Minister of Canada and the now current Prime Minister of Canada.[1] and some of the rosters from the Montreal Canadiens and Montreal Alouettes.[2]
Smaidi put the restaurant up for sale in early 2011.[2][1][3] He eventually sold the restaurant to George Hatzimargaritis and Mario Daigneault on March 25, 2012 for an undisclosed sum.[2]
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Boustan chain
In 2014 Boustan opened a second location at 19 Ste Catherine East which serves the same menu as the original location.[4]
In 2015 Boustan opened further locations in Anjou/Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles (RDP) at 8000 Henri-Bourassa East and in Dollard-des-Ormeaux at 3980 boul St Jean which also serves the same menu as the original location.[4]
In 2016 Boustan opened its fifth location in Laval, Quebec at 1601 Daniel Johnson corner St Martin.[5]
In 2017 Boustan opened locations in Verdun, NDG, Rosemont, Côte-des-Neiges, Kirkland, St-Henri, Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, St Leonard and Blainville. In 2019 they opened a location in Vaudreuil-Dorion.[citation needed] In 2021, Boustan opened their first location outside the Greater Montreal area in Lévis.[citation needed] As of March 2022, a location in Ottawa on Rideau street and in Scarborough Ontario would be the first locations opened outside of Quebec bringing the franchises to a total of 41 locations.[citation needed] In 2023, a location in Oakville Ontario opened on Upper Middle Road in the Upper Oakville Shopping Centre.[citation needed]
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