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After receiving threats over the meaning of its name in recent days, a poutine restaurant chain in France wants to make one thing crystal clear: It has absolutely no relation to Vladimir Putin. La ...

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A restaurant in France has reportedly received threats over its signature dish, poutine, because some people have been incorrectly associating the dish with Russian President Vladimir Putin. La Maison ...

You say potato, they say potahto. But in France, when you say poutine, some say Putin. A small restaurant chain has come under fire after people mistook the name of its signature dish for a tribute to ...

A food cart doling out fries slathered in curds, gravy and various toppings has moved into a vacated restaurant space in the Old North End of Burlington, and is sharing the space with other food ...

Thi Tram Nguyen has two goals for Chez Francois Poutinerie, her new downtown Naperville restaurant. First, she wants to introduce poutine, a Canadian comfort food that originated in Quebec, to the ...

The Canadian restaurant franchise known as Smoke's Poutinerie opened its first Michigan location in Ann Arbor, serving up piping hot poutine and a variety of toppings from jalapenos to pulled pork.