Dunn's

Ina Devine, daughter of Aideh Dunn, had franchised the restaurant outside Quebec, with several locations in Ontario and one in British Columbia, however, today, only one remains (Dalhousie Street in the Byward Market area of Ottawa). The smoked meat is not prepared in-house at these locations, but it is instead shipped frozen from Montreal and then warmed out before serving.

Elliot Kligman currently has five franchises in Quebec and also offers Dunn's brand products to retail sellers.[7]

When the controversial Charter of the French Language (Bill 101) became law in 1977, the Office québécois de la langue française (OQLF) took action against Dunn's and other stores retailing imported kosher goods that did not meet its labelling requirements, an action perceived in the Jewish community as an unfair targeting and antisemitism. This coincided with a high-profile case brought by the OQLF against Dunn's due to the apostrophe in the establishment's sign, which remains.[8][9]

Dunn's also got in trouble with the OQLF for having the English word, "Smoked Meat" on the sign out front. Dunn's, along with other well-known delicatessen establishments, also fought a ruling to change the name of "Smoked Meat" to "Boeuf Mariné" in order to conform to Quebec Language Law.[10] They won the ruling by appeal by proving that if they didn't advertise "Smoked Meat" they would confuse and anger customers.[11] A good example of this was Parti Québécois MNA Gérald Godin who himself ordered the sandwich by its English name.[12] Due to the work of Myer Dunn, under the new ruling, enacted in 1987, Smoked meat became a word in both Official languages of Canada.[13]