Golden Krust
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| Private | |
| Industry | Restaurants |
| Founded | 1989 The Bronx, New York City, United States |
| Founders | Lowell Hawthorne and family |
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Number of locations
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100+ |
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Area served
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United States |
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Key people
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Lowell Hawthorne (President and CEO) |
| Products | Caribbean cuisine |
| Website | www |
Golden Krust Caribbean Bakery & Grill is a Caribbean cuisine fast food chain, and manufacturer and distributor of Caribbean food products, based in Brooklyn, New York City.
The parent company is owned by immigrants from Jamaica, and the stores are franchised. There are over 100 Golden Krust restaurants operating in nine states throughout the United States; New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Florida, Maryland, North Carolina and Massachusetts.The majority of the restaurants are situated in New York.
The company also distributes food products to retailers and is 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."
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, Golden Krust's President and CEO, opened the first U.S. restaurant in 1989 on Gun Hill Road in the Bronx.
The restaurants serve mild and hot Jamaican patties, jerk chicken, jerk fish, dumplings, steamed yams, and curried meat dishes. Items served include callaloo (Caribbean greens) and ackee. 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.
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