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Pat Kiernan will be very happy: The Riese organization, operators of scores of NYC chain restaurants, is closing its 13 Dunkin' Donuts outlets on Friday and re-opening them as brand-new Tim Hortons on Monday morning. The Nation's Restaurant News' story suggests someone's maple leaf prophecy has come to pass. After being dropped from Riese's roster, Dunkin' released a statement yesterday that alleged, among other things, they're still awesome and "in the past five years 244 new Dunkin’ Donuts shops have opened in New York City." The company also explained that a 2004 lawsuit citing "health and safety violations" led to the "disenfranchisement" decision; Riese denies it and says a five-year contract expired. With Dunkin' dissed and Starbucks plugging away at yet another reformulation, expect an onslaught of free coffee promotions in the next few weeks from all sides, especially around Midtown. The announcement comes on top of previous news that Tim Hortons will open three more locations to be co-branded with Cold Stone Creamery in August, including one inside Cold Stone's flagship Times Square store. Tim Hortons is a megapopular Canadian coffee and snacks chain named for its founder, an NHL record-holder who died in a 1974 car accident.
Tim Hortons To Open Thirteen NY Stores On Monday
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The Dunkin Donuts run by Riese were a disgrace to the brand with horrible service, medicore coffee, and possibly the worst food of any Dunkin Donuts in America.
Sadly, they'll probably destory the goodness of Tim Hortons too.
Just what we need .... more chains!!
I wonder if the ones being replaced are the ones that I have been to that had horrible coffee...
I found a partial list on archive.org:
http://web.archive.org/web/20071204064256/www.rieserestaurants.com/restaurants.asp?rest_id=1011
Look @ this list! Some of the shittiest restaurants in the US are here.
WOW, agreed. I've been to several of those, service was awful & they were all disgusting.
Same shit..
the question is, will they have the same craptastic donuts and coffee as dunkin, or will they start having timbits right away
Having Tim Hortons at Madison Square Garden is perfect. Gives it more of that NHL feeling. Now if we can get a Stan Mikita's Donuts ...
Maybe Tim Horton's can pay for ads along the boards during Rangers games. Currently they have ads in all 6 Canadian arenas, Buffalo, and Detroit.
While Dunkin's has horrible donuts, Tim Horton's aren't much of a step up. They aren't greaseballs like DD's but they do have a weird, bitter, artificial aftertaste to them. Yuck!
Great, welcome to Ohio.
there's TH in OH?
They've been expanding into the states the last few years. There are plenty of Tim Horton's in Ohio and upstate NY.
There have been TH locations in upstate NY for decades. Tim Horton's opened their first store in Hamilton, Ontario (southern Ontario), and Tim Horton himself played his last season-and-a-half for the Buffalo Sabres.
I walked into a Tim Hortons last year in Canada and asked for an iced coffee. The woman behind the counter got lost in a trance and when she came back was like, "Icccceeddd Cooofffeee?"
Alright folks, you're in the big city now, it might be time to adapt your menu and tell your workers about the incredible advancements of the cooling down of the coffee drinking process.
Eh.
My girlfriend had the same experience at a Canadian Tim Hortons. She eventually ended up ordering a cup of coffee and an extra-large cup of ice. Didn't work so well.
Months later at a Tim Hortons near Hartford CT, they had iced coffee. Apparently Tim Hortons' American outposts did get the memo ...
TDL serves iced coffee now... It has been in test here for a while now.
Enjoy your Timbits, and Take off, eh.
i drink none of this sludge. how hard is it to make coffee at home? why do people always need to be sipping on something (water, soda, coffee, etc.)? is the modern human so damn thirsty? it's a wasteful habit and adds mountains of trash to landfills and our streets.
*stepping off soapbox*
Went to a couple of T.H.'s in New England last summer and don't really see the hype. The coffee was like dishwater and the doughnuts nothing memorable. They did have some kind of slushy lemonade drink that was good but that was just b/c I needed a cold drink.
I much prefer DD coffee and their doughnuts, but the true question is why did Krispie Kreme fail? I thought they were the best--hot and fresh with a glaze that was great. Time will tell about T.H.
Leslie, The hype isn't about coffee just about nostalgia for some people. Tim Horton was a Canadian hockey player, many Canadians grew up with a Tim Horton's in their neighborhood, the company gives plenty of money to charities (Tim Horton's Camps) and people like the brand. The coffee is horrible. I think the doughnuts are pretty good.
It's TIMMY HO'S, people!
Git yo Tim-bit on!
Woohoo! I love Timmy Ho's! It's so...ordinary!
is this more stuff white people like?
if so, make sure this chain uses the brightest fluorescent tubes possible and make the waitresses were uniforms like in "Alice" and say kiss my grits.
white people with mediocre to poor taste. it's named after a HOCKEY player.
pass....
Too bad Aunt Jemima doesn't make soul coffee.
It was FOUNDED by said hockey player.
Yes Yes. The only way to be a true awesome person is to drink Chock Full o Nuts brewed in a street cart. We get it.
well it is the Heavenly Coffee.
but anything to make the transplants feel more at home, right?
No, it's not just white people who like Tim Hortons. Canada has a diverse population with different colors and cultures living together among all social classes (Canada has plenty rich and educated Blacks, Indians, Asians, Natives, etc. Canada's multiculturalism is called "a beautiful mosiac" meaning different colors and cultures live together in harmony yet maintain their individual heritages and customs. In America I beleive we call it "a melting pot."
So no, Tim Hortons is isn't something white people like. Alice's diner was in the south, not the north.
Pics or it didn't happen.
You want pics of a diverse population enjoying Tim Horton's coffee?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/digital_di/284835220/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thishandmadelife/2195532167/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/funkaoshi/270981583/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vpreap/343727880/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/58038316@N00/451352610/
Welcome to Canada. It's not America.
Get a freaking grip. He was making a joke by referencing the website "Stuff White People Like." Geez!
RC, I understand what he was referencing and I have a "freaking" grip. Thanks. :S
It wasn't Alice's restaurant, it was "Mel's Diner," and it wasn't in the South, it was in Phoenix.
Alice's Restaurant was in Stockbridge, but Alice's Restaurant is not the name of the restaurant, that's just the name of the song.
Wonderful news! Swiss Chalet cannot be too far behind, I hope!
Only complete hosers eat at Tim Hortons.
Frankly, anyone who eats donuts is wanting for something, but if you don't like Tim Horton's, go eff yourself.
This is the best news we've seen in awhile (OK, things have been pretty sad). Tim Horton's is a much better chain, the only problem I see is that if Riese is really a crappy operator it may not make much of a difference.
I'm not sure why chains do well in places where you have food carts.
I'm pretty sure all dunkin' donuts are terrible.
NYC DDs are all terrible. I don't know why. The ones in Boston are excellent. You would think it's hard for DD employees in NYC to screw up making coffee, but somehow they manage.
I'm pretty sure all dunkin' donuts are terrible.
I've never heard of Tim Horton's. But it's damned depressing to know that Dunkin Donuts has opened 244 stores in NYC in the last five years.
amen.
i've always had a soft spot for tim horton's double chocolate doughnuts.
26 comments for Tim Hortons?
26 comments for Tim Hortons?
tim hortons are all over buffalo and western new york. their donuts are donuts, nothing amazing. i can't speak for their coffee because coffee is the equivalent of diarrhea water as far as i'm concerned.
people in buffalo area would probably kill and murder just to get their caffeine dose, as the drive-thru windows always have a lineup of cars in the morning hours. but the 24-hour aspect is great when your only other option is mcdonalds.
Not to mention, the drive thru windows are appealing in the winter when you want to get out of your car/house as little as possible.
Tim Hortons coffee is awesome - much better then DD.
Good bagels and muffins too!
Donuts is for fat people and ice caps for faggots (not that there is anything wrong with that)
Did you guys really just make a blog post about the opening of 13 new Tim Horton's with 10 links and not actually reference a list of addresses anywhere?
The Pulitzer is on the way, guys.
TKaisen, specific locations have not been announced, but here's a partial list of the Dunkin' locations operated by Riese, which have otherwise been yanked from their website. Those 11 spots are all expected become Tim Hortons. In addition, the store locator tool on the Tims website is not yet indexing the new NYC stores, but here's the link anyhow. And finally, the August co-branding between Tim Hortons and Cold Stone Creamery will include the latter's flagship location, referenced above, at 253 W 42nd Street. Hope that helps, and I don't really want a Pulitzer, anyhow. Thank you for reading Gothamist.
As someone who worked in customer service for 10 years, I am immune to your overly-polite passive-aggressive response. I will, however, thank you for the locations and simply mention it would seem straightforward for the same research to have gone in to the initial post. As Midtown Lunch did.
Dude you sarcastically lambast the guy for not including the locations, which arent even clear yet…his “passive aggressive” mockery of you was more then warranted and enjoyable to others.
boycott them until Canada stop bashing seal cubs in the head.
or you could boycott gothamist until people like you.
This is good news, although hopefully the quality will not be tainted by Riese.
I will do demo on their opening date.
DD was founded in Mass. and is headquartered there, so they probably keep a close eye on the product.
Grr, reply went to the wrong place.
Felix, you're going to demo Tim Hortons? As in demolish it?
Tim Hortons is a national addiction in Canada. Since we don't any Peets stores here in NYC, I'd rather spend my money on Timmys than Starbucks. I wonder if they'll know what a double double is?
I try to hit up local coffee shops but I'd much rather hit up a Peets over a Starbucks if one is not available. Can we get some Peets up in NYC??
I live in NYC now, but I was born and raised in Canada. Tim Hortons coffee is horrible, burnt and tastes like cigarette smoke. Their doughnuts are fantastic however.
you're not from NYC and you live here???
HOW DARE YOU!
c'mon fellow gothamist commenters, let's our torches and pitchforks and drive that canuck back to Kingston or Sudbury or the nearest Tragically Hip concert!
jk
Dude, you got it right! I lived not far from Kingston and listened to Trajically Hip in highschool. Be calm though, I've had US citizenship since I was a wee babe as my mom and dad were Americans.
And I can't spell Tragically Hip.
hah, i grant myself a WIN for that
Invasion from the north is imminent, I tell ya.
an everything bagel toasted with butter and a small double double for a little more than a toonie. oh canada!
really, the best thing about tim's is that their small coffee is actually SMALL and not 16oz.
did i just give myself away with that toonie comment? the invasion is here....
Yeah baby, anything to bring more Canada to NYC. Maybe McDonalds will start handing out white vinegar packets next.
Rrrrrrrroll up the rim!
i just came seven times in my pants. nyc is now complete to me. just as i thought i was going to have to get used to the crap from dunkin donuts or the prices of starbucks. what a glorious day.
That you came once in your pants has me questioning your canadian-ness.
Tim Horton's is awful! I went to TO for the first time last month and tried it, I thought the coffee was watered down and the timbits were so bland and dry. I don't see how anyone (except Canadians used to it) will enjoy this coffee. I will say the breakfast sandwich on a biscuit was tasty. But DD has better choices for breakfast sandwiches that are healthier and taste better.
POUTINE!!!