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Chico's is a chain of American-style restaurants owned by the Finnish company HOK Elannon Ravintolat and located in various places in Helsinki, Espoo, and Vantaa. Toms Diner, a restaurant in New York made familiar by Suzanne Vega and the television sitcom Seinfeld A restaurant is an establishment that serves prepared food and beverages to be consumed on the premises. ... Province Southern Finland Region Uusimaa Sub-region Helsinki City manager Jussi Pajunen Official languages Finnish, Swedish Area  - total  - land ranked 342nd 185. ... Location within Finland Espoo (IPA: /ˈespoː/; Esbo in Swedish) is a city on the Southern coast of Finland. ... Location within Finland Vantaa (IPA: ; Vanda in Swedish) is a city and municipality in Finland. ...


Although Chico's calls itself an "American" restaurant with a intentional allusion to the United States, it also serves Mexican food and pizza. Keeping with the stereotype of American food, most of the food served in Chico's contains a lot of beef and fried potatoes, with thick sauces. Mexican food is a style of food that originated in Mexico. ... An authentic Pizza Margherita made in Napoli. ... Beef is meat obtained from a bovine. ... Binomial name Solanum tuberosum L. The potato (plural form: potatoes) (Solanum tuberosum) is a perennial plant of the Solanaceae, or nightshade, family, grown for its starchy tuber. ...


For drinks, Chico's offers a selection of North American and South American beers and wines, plus some soft drinks. None of these is specifically imported by Chico's though; all of them can be found in Finnish retail stores or other restaurants and bars. Jump to: navigation, search World map showing North America (geographically) A satellite composite image of North America North America is a continent in the northern hemisphere, bordered on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean, on the south by the Caribbean Sea, and... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ... A typical mug of lager beer, showing the golden colour of the beer and the foamy head floating on top. ... A glass of red wine Wine is an alcoholic beverage that is made by fermenting grapes or grape juice. ... A soft drink is a drink that contains no alcohol. ... Tourists sit outside a bar in Chiang Mai, Thailand A bar is an establishment where alcoholic beverages are sold to be drunk on the premises. ...


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