Oh snap, talk about a sick burn bro. Beloved burger joint and purveyor of sublime deep-fried potato batons Everything With Fries (EWF) are sadly leaving their stronghold in Orchard Central by the end of the year.
It’s pretty sad too, considering that their Orchard Central outlet was their first one ever, standing in loyalty to the once-ailing mall for over five years. With their newfound success, Orchard Central unceremoniously gave EWF the boot just because an international retail brand demanded for their space. Such is life.
Now left with only one outlet at Bugis Junction, the embittered homegrown brand aren’t going down without giving one final “fuck you” to their former landlords. They’ve put up a rather fantastic signboard outside their Orchard Central outlet, captured and uploaded on Facebook by Lorraine Paul. We’re not sure if it’s still up, but we really really hope that it still is.
Talk about snubbing your landlord in public. Angry much?
Posted by Lorraine Paul on Saturday, 12 December 2015
“Dear Friends and Customers,
After having stuck it out at Orchard Central for more than 5 years, through the early years when this mall was dead and empty and saw the demise of many international fast food players, we are proud to say that today we find ourselves in a positions where we have built a great Singapore brand with a loyal following and have outlasted other far more eminent, big brands.
Now that things are finally looking up for us, our landlord has said it wants us to give up this space, EwF’s first home, for an international retail brand that wants our space. Guess this is what SMEs suffer with their landlords all the time. Realities are harsh for small guys like us.
We have no choice in the matter.
So it is with much sadness that we tell you that our last day here is 31 December 2015. Five-and-a-half-years on. We leave with a heavy heart (not really missing the landlord but we’ll certainly miss our fantastic customers).
So from 1 January 2016, please continue to support us at our only remaining EwF at Bugis Junction!
As a recognition of your wonderful loyalty and kind support — we’re giving out 10% vouchers for use at EwF Bugis Junction from 1 January 2016″
Good on you Everything With Fries. You just keep on fighting The Man (and keep pumping out those excellent Har Cheong Kai Burgers) — we’ll keep on dining at your establishment.
