Congratulations to Macaron Parlour, The Recipient of Our Free Gift

March 15, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Macaron Parlour

Macaron Parlour

We would like to thank all of our participants for sharing their enterprise stories with us. We had a chance to read so many amazing stories from many entrepreneurs and expanding businesses. We look forward to hearing about your continued success.

MACARON PARLOUR: A PASTRY SINGLE PRODUCT ENTERPRISE
Macaron Parlour was founded in 2010 by Christina Ha and Simon Tung. Macaron Parlour aims to expand their offerings beyond traditional fillings– offering fun flavors like candied bacon with maple cream cheese frosting, s’mores, and red velvet. Macaron Parlor is soon to open a retail
store this summer.

Get to know more about Macaron Parlour

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Celebrate Nitehawk Cinema for winning New York Magazine’s Best First Date

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Nitehawk Cinema

Nitehawk Cinema

New York Magazine says “Dinner and a movie may be the classic American date, but Williamsburg’s newest (and only) movie theater, Nitehawk Cinema, has improved upon the age-old formula…”
Read more of New York Magazine’s report

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Nolita’s Oxley’s Carvery is now closed

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After one year of being in business, the Americana sandwich shop located at 202A Mott Street has officially cleared out all furniture as confirmed by Grub Street New York.
The sandwich shop was well known for their homemade stuffing

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Rising food costs are making farmers really happy

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A Farm

A boost in productivity and rising food prices gave farmers quite a boost last year– earning a net income of $98 billion. Exports have also been helping to increase their bottom line as countries like China demand more American farm products.
Between the locavore movement and foreign exports, this is a great time for farmers

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Whole Foods is officially coming to Williamsburg

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The all-cash transaction for 242 Bedford Avenue (at N. 4th Street) closed this week Monday. The space will feature Whole Foods and a New York Sports Club on the ground floor with luxury apartments above. With the remaining retail space of 30,000 square feet, there are talks of Sephora being close to signing a lease and Brooklyn Heights Pizza in development.
What do you think about the opening of Whole Foods and a New York Sports Club in Williamsburg? With purposed opening of Sephora, do you think Williamsburg might become more commercialized?

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