
Īlthough chocolate-covered peppermints already existed before the York Peppermint Pattie came on the market, the York differed in that it was firmer and crisp, while the competition was softer and gooier.
YORK PATTY REGISTRATION
The trademark registration number 0564557 was awarded on September 30, 1952. Although news articles commonly have it that the York Peppermint Pattie was first produced in York, Pennsylvania by Henry Kessler at his York Cone Company in 1940, a trademark application for “York Peppermint Pattie Mint (Candy)” filed by York Cone Company Corporation on February 10, 1949, shows a first use in commerce date of January 28, 1922, soon after the founding of the company. The company originally sold ice cream cones and waffles before Kessler wanted to make a chocolate and mint themed candy. York Peppermint Pattie is an American dark chocolate enrobed peppermint confection introduced in 1940 and currently produced by the Hershey Company.Ībout 1920, Henry Kessler founded the York Cone Company Corporation on South Pine Street in York, Pennsylvania. Update: July 5, 2023, 5:00 p.m.: This article was updated to include comments from Bradley Ellis.A circular pattie with a soft mint center coated in dark chocolate. It is open Thursday through Sunday, 4 to 10 p.m. Up & Down is located at 388 Centre Street, in Jamaica Plain. (To note: Hall Pass is temporarily closed while the team makes menu adjustments.) The team also runs a handful of other brands out of a few of its storefronts, including Hot Box, which sells South Shore bar pizzas and North Shore roast beef sandwiches in Somerville’s Bow Market, and Hall Pass, a cheesesteak spot in downtown Boston’s food hall High Street Place. Mike & Patty’s has long ruled Boston’s breakfast sandwich game, starting from its original, shoebox-sized shop in Bay Village that opened in 2008 and expanding to the five locations it now runs. “It’s very much a tongue-in-cheek branding, with In & Out being the inspiration,” Ellis says. In fact, we have absolutely no idea what you’re even talking about!”īradley Ellis of Breakthrough, a marketing agency that orchestrates the campaigns for Mike & Patty’s and its associated brands, says that the Up & Down launch has been “a long time coming” for the company, and the side-wink towards In & Out was part of an “edgy but fun” positioning for the brand. In an FAQ posted on Up & Down’s Instagram stories on Thursday, they ended every answer with some version of this cheeky disclaimer: “Any relation or similarity to the name of another burger concept is totally coincidental. If this all sounds a bit like a certain West Coast burger chain with a cult following, well, they just don’t know what you’re talking about. Mike & Patty’s in JP has a new Up & Down sign hanging in the window. A chopped salad and fries served classic or “savage-style” (drenched in housemade cheese whiz, “phuct” sauce, and caramelized onions) round out the menu. The fried chicken sandwich starts with pickles, lettuce, and kewpie mayo all tucked into a puffy milk roll, and gets more elaborate from there, including spicy chili and taki-dusted options. (It’s mayo-based and “could be vaguely compared to a thousand island style dressing or a typical burger sauce,” according to a description on Up & Down’s Instagram stories.) A few other renditions include the Goddess, slicked with green goddess sauce, and the taki melt, with beef patties, a fried cheese patty, salsa roja, and tangy taki dust.


There’s also a “Savage Burger,” a twist on the classic that adds raw and caramelized onions and “phuct” sauce. So, how does one of the city’s foremost sandwich experts approach a smash burger? The classic route includes two beef patties, cheese, lettuce, onions, pickles, and kewpie mayo on a milk roll made at the group’s own bakery, Flourhouse.

Breakfast sandwich extraordinaire Mike & Patty’s has launched a new brand out of its Jamaica Plain storefront: Up & Down, a smash burger and fried chicken sandwich spot that is now open Thursday through Sunday evenings at 388 Centre Street, according to an announcement posted on the restaurant’s Instagram account.
