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Golden Krust Caribbean Bakery & Grill is a Jamaican, West Indian and Caribbean cuisine fast food chain based in the Bronx, New York. The parent company is owned by immigrants from Jamaica, and the stores are franchised. There are 120 Golden Krust restaurants in almost a dozen states including Florida, Maryland, North Carolina, and Massachusetts.〔 The company also distributes food products to retailers, and is the largest producer of Caribbean style baked products in the U.S. and considered the foremost Jamaican business in the U.S.〔 It is also "the only company that makes and distributes nine varieties of Jamaican-style patties."〔(Shirley commends Golden Krust ) August 30, 2006 Jamaica Gleaner〕 Golden Krust's origins trace back to a 50-year-old bakery owned by Ephraim Hawthorne in St. Andrews, Jamaica, that serves "family recipes".〔()〕 Ephraim's son Lowell Hawthorne is Golden Krust's chief executive and opened the first U.S. restaurant in 1989 on Gun Hill Road in the Bronx. A devoted following of West Indian immigrants in the region established a devoted following. ==Menu== The restaurants serve mild and hot Jamaican patties, jerk chicken, jerk fish, dumplings, steamed yams, and curried meat dishes.〔AJP page M3 May 8, 2009 India Abroad〕 Items served include callaloo (Caribbean greens) and ackee, a savory yellow fruit.〔〔Emily Denitto (Food Finds; The Revels You Know, The Revels You Don't ) May 1, 2005 New York Times〕 They are also known for coconut breads, cakes and traditional dense white breads, called hardough breads. Bulla cakes, duck bread, rock cake, gizzada and carrot cake are also served- In 1998 the company produced 25 million flaky burnt-orange patties on assembly lines at its main facility.〔Amy Waldman (From a Flaky Foundation, a Food Empire ) April 26, 1998 New York Times〕 The restaurants do a lot of take-out business, as the patties are portable, and also distributes to supermarkets in 30 states.〔 Offerings include beef patty, vegetable patty, spicy beef and cheese patty, soy patty, oxtail, curried goat, brown stew chicken, roti filled with curried meat or vegetables, and "coco" bread.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Golden Krust Caribbean Bakery & Grill」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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