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A beloved Canadian restaurant chain wants to make its North Carolina debut.<\/p>\n

Tim Hortons<\/a>, a beloved Canadian chain that sells coffee and food, filed a permit to remodel a building in the Triangle. The renovation project would be at the site of a former Dairy Queen<\/a> in Morrisville, according to Wake County records.<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s what we know about the potential arrival of Tim Hortons and the popular treat shop it could replace.<\/p>\n

Tim Hortons wants to open in the Raleigh suburb of Morrisville, county records show. If the permit is approved, the new restaurant could be at 1008 Morrisville Carpenter Road, near the intersection with Davis Drive and a roughly 5-mile drive southwest from the Raleigh-Durham International Airport.<\/p>\n

The News & Observer has asked Tim Hortons for additional information and is awaiting a response.<\/p>\n

The Tim Hortons menu<\/a> includes coffee, tea, sandwiches, doughnuts and other baked goods.<\/p>\n

The restaurant chain<\/a> started in Canada and now has more than 6,000 locations worldwide. It has a presence in 15 U.S. states but hasn\u2019t yet expanded to North Carolina<\/a>, according to websites for Tim Hortons and its parent company, Restaurant Brands International.<\/p>\n

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Now, Tim Hortons hopes to move into a roughly 3,100-square-foot space in Morrisville. The Triangle Business Journal first reported the news about the permit filing, which comes two years after the chain expressed interest in the Triangle<\/a> market.<\/p>\n

Dairy Queen on its website lists the Morrisville Carpenter Road<\/a> location as \u201ctemporarily closed.\u201d The chain didn\u2019t immediately respond to The N&O\u2019s request for information about the closure on Monday, June 15.<\/p>\n

Dairy Queen fans<\/a> still have options in the Triangle. The chain \u2014 known for its soft-serve treats, burgers and other fast-food fare \u2014 has locations in Apex, Cary, Clayton, Fuquay-Varina, Raleigh, Smithfield and Wake Forest.<\/p>\n

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