B&B Empire reopens their “Mile End rival” bagel shop

The bagel shop finally reopens after months of a bagel battle with Mile End. The two shops are at odds over which shop actually offers a true Montreal-style bagel.
The shop is located on 200 Clinton Street towards the corner of Atlantic Avenue

Third Annual Meatball Slapdown at The Brooklyn Kitchen this Friday, March 2nd at 7 – 10pm

Third Annual Meatball Slapdown

Third Annual Meatball Slapdown

The competitor line-up includes Roberta’s, The Meat Hook, Masten Lake, Vesta, Riverpark and, of course, The Meatball shop.
Proceeds from tickets sold will go to funding projects for The Brooklyn Kitchen, The Meat Hook and The Brooklyn Grange Farm’s City Grower program

India beats China for growing Western QSR concepts

The fast food market in India is growing annually by 19% to China’s 15% using only one-fifth of China’s budget– $13 billion.
NRN also shows that India purchasing power lies heavily on the younger crowd which is appealing to Western marketers