The firm is still serving customers in the montreal area. since then, the number of customers has been growing steadily. this is why we took the decision to expand the baked potato concept to other investors around canada and the u.s.
With a name like Baked Potato, what you’re getting at this restaurant is no secret. However, there is much more to its food than meets the eye.
When you come up to the shop's counter a colourful display of toppings made fresh every day are laid out before you. These ingredients are so tantalizing that you might have a hard time choosing which to put on the buttery, cheesy mashed potato mix that is prepared right in front of you.
When Cengiz Gunes came to Canada from Turkey he noticed that Turkish food wasn't really available anywhere. He decided to change that and introduce Montrealers to one of Turkey’s most popular dishes: the baked potato.
“We call it kumpir,” says Dilek Altun, Cengiz's business partner who joined him shortly after he opened the shop in 2004. “It’s like a hot dog in New York, it’s sold on the street, everywhere in Turkey.” Adds Cengiz, “here poutine is popular, there the baked potato is popular.”
