TORONTO - Shake Shack's first Canadian location is coming to Yonge-Dundas Square in Toronto and will have a menu largely borrowing from what it serves in the U-S.
The New-York-based fast-food company says its first Canadian location will take over the northeast corner of the square with a 55-hundred square-foot space once home to an Adidas.
Shake Shack Canada business director Billy Richmond says it will open early this summer as part of a plan to establish 35 locations here by 2035.
He says the locations will sell classic Shake Shack menu items like burgers, crinkle-cut fries and handspun milkshakes.
Beer and wine will also be on offer along with a Toronto-exclusive, a maple salted pretzel shake.
The company's entrance into the Canadian market comes as fellow U-S brands Jersey Mike's and Jimmy John's are also plotting expansions across the country.