In 1983, Jay and Hal Gould found the stand from a New York Times review and initially bought the Canadian rights, eventually buying out the entire company in 1987.

[2] The first Canadian location opened on August 16, 1984 at Scarborough Town Centre.

[4] Cara Operations (now known as Recipe Unlimited) bought New York Fries in September 2015.

[6] South St Burger Co. has thirty locations across Canada and two in Dubai.

[7] New York Fries has 156 locations, including 120 in Canada and 36 outside of North America, mostly in the Middle East and China.