Mary Brown's

Mary Brown's is a Canadian fast-food restaurant chain known for its Big Mary sandwich, chicken and 'taters' or potato wedges. Its process involves marinating chicken for up to 48 hours prior to cooking. The company has over 120 locations in Canada: 40 in Newfoundland and Labrador, 37 in Ontario, 32 in Alberta, one in British Columbia, two in Saskatchewan, four in Nova Scotia, four in New Brunswick, one in Prince Edward Island, and one in Manitoba. The company also operates one location in Istanbul, Turkey. It advertises using the slogans Honest to Goodness and Famous chicken & taters!.

The CEO of Mary Brown's is Gregory Roberts, originally of Triton, Newfoundland and Labrador.

History

In 1969, the first Mary Brown's restaurant opened in St. John's, Newfoundland. During that first year it opened two more restaurants in Newfoundland under the Golden Skillet name. The name was later changed to Mary Brown's, in honour of the wife of the U.S. creator of the original fried chicken recipe.

Mary Brown

Mary Brown or Browne may refer to:

See also

North Fork, California

North Fork (formerly Brown's and Northfork; Mono wa?ahhpY', "cedar grove") is an unincorporated community in Madera County, California. It is located 22 miles (35 km) east of Raymond,9.89 miles (15.92 km) south east of Bass Lake and 14 miles (23 km) from Oakhurst.

North Fork is also home of the Sierra Mono Museum and the starting point of the Sierra Scenic Byway. The town boasts one grocery store, three restaurants (one of which is part of the town's bar) and two gas stations.

North Fork is the birthplace of Jeff King, four-time champion of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.

The Northfork Rancheria of Mono Indians of California maintains their tribal headquarters in North Fork. The Sierra Mono Museum is also located here.

North Fork is also the home of the US Forest Service Crane Valley Hotshots, an elite crew of wildland firefighters.

Geography

North Fork is located in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada at an elevation of 2638 feet (804 m). According to the 2000 U.S. Census the population of the 93643 zip code area was 3,360 with a median age of 44.8 years. The community is inside area code 559. It is part of the Madera–Chowchilla Metropolitan Statistical Area.