One of the tricks to opening a successful specialty restaurant is finding a niche market. While serving dishes made entirely with organic, local and/or vegetarian ingredients isn’t anything new, it may still give you the edge you need to draw a steady stream of customers to your café or restaurant.
Fox News Small Business Spotlights Opening a Specialty Food Store or Restaurant
April 18, 2012 by Leave a Comment
My Alumni, University at Buffalo Students launch Restaurant IPAD POS System
April 17, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The days of waiters and waitresses scribbling down orders on scraps of paper may soon be coming to an end. There’s now an app for that. It’s the work of two former servers who ditched waiting tables for entrepreneurship.
The two former servers have launched a company around their app known as Refulgent Software. In January, the business was accepted into the University at Buffalo’s business incubator. As former UB students, O’Leary and Khan say running Refulgent out of an office in the incubator lends legitimacy to their business. They’re also able to tap consultants and professional advisers in making decisions about Refulgent’s future. The company has grow steadily in its one year of existence and now employs five people. Ambur is available on the iTunes App Store.
New IPAD restaurant POS from UB alumni
Appeals court delays April 30 National Labor Relations Board
April 17, 2012 by Leave a Comment
In a major setback for the National Labor Relations Board, a federal appeals court today officially put the brakes on a new poster mandate that the NLRB sought to impose on most U.S. businesses starting April 30.
Despite a series of legal setbacks, the NLRB had appeared to be moving ahead with its planned April 30 enforcement date for the controversial new poster requirement. The unusual NLRB rule seeks to require most U.S. businesses to hang new 11″ x 17″ workplace notices advising employees of their rights to organize into unions. Many have called the posters biased and heavily slanted toward unions.
The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf opens their 4th New York City location in the Upper East Side
April 17, 2012 by Leave a Comment
This Los Angeles chain opens their newest location with a custom coffee and tea cellar that has over 100 tea and coffee blends to choose from.
The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf on the Upper East Side is located on East 83rd Street and 3rd Avenue
OpenTable meets its match in table reservation with the introduction of CityEats
April 16, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The success of Food Network-owned (a Scripps Networks Interactive Inc. company) CityEats in Philadelphia and Washingtion D.C. has the food industry playing close attention. The 130 restaurants that have signed up thus far are paying lower monthly costs and reservation fees compared to OpenTable– making it a little easier to stretch your margins.
OpenTable does offer a cheaper service without a table-management system
MIT New York City Enterprise Forum Presents Cloud Computing, April 18th
April 16, 2012 by Leave a Comment
IDC predicts that spending on hardware, software and services in cloud computing systems alone will be $60 billion in 2012. The growth rate in the cloud sector is four and a half times that of the IT industry overall. Cloud computing is a compelling option for many small and mid-sized businesses, as well as larger enterprises, as it offers low cost of entry and ownership and faster time to market compared to traditional on-premise business software and servers.
MIT NYC Enterprise Forum presents Cloud Computing Event, April 18th.
Startup Lessons From The Food Truck Revolution
April 16, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The food truck phenomenon has taken the country by storm. From New York to Los Angeles, the number, the variety, and the quality of food trucks are on the rise. In 2011, the mobile food industry in the United States was estimated to be at $630 million.
Read about the following interview with Natasha Case of Coolhaus, the first gourmet branded truck with a national reach, on how she built her brand and her food-truck business. Coolhaus operates four trucks and a shop in Los Angeles, two trucks in Austin, two trucks and a cart in New York City, and two trucks in Miami. They also have a successful retail product that they sell in Whole Foods Market.
Fast Company Interview with Natasha Case, Owner of Coolhaus
That Tot Spot dedicated to tater tots is now open on Saturdays at Williamsburg’s Artists & Fleas Market
April 13, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Tater tots are paired with special recipe spices and sauce. The team at That Tot Spot suggested picks are Bacon Spiced Tots with Bourbon Spiked Ketchup, Cajun Spiced Tots with Red Island Sauce or Crab Spiced Tots with Crabby Mayo. Sounds delicious!
That Tot Spot is located at 70 N 7th Street between Kent and Wythe Avenue
The Great Googa Mooga: An Amusement Park of Food and Drink on May 19th -20th in Prospect Park
April 13, 2012 by Leave a Comment
An experience and tasting event with an all-star line-up that includes Baohaus, Red Rooster, Russ & Daughters, Third Rail Coffee Shop, Sullivan Street Bakery and much more. Early registration for general admission to the free event is currently closed but they will release another set of free tickets once the event draws near.
If you’re looking for an exclusive experience, Extra Mooga admission tickets are currently available. This ticket comes with free gift bags, bigger tastings, special seating for stage performances and a one year subscription to New York magazine.
The very best in culinary is behind this collaborative event– Tom Colicchio, Garrett Oliver, Christina Tosi and much more. Find out more about this event and subscribe to their twitter for updates on the next release
FDA wants prescribed antibiotics to be used in livestock
April 12, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Farmers will have to see a veterinarian first before giving any type of antibiotic to their animals. Antibiotics have been used by farmers to help grow bigger animals but people who eat these animals over a long period of time have become resistant to antibiotic treatments when sick due to a bacteria buildup. The inability to treat people with antibiotics has caused 99,000 deaths each year.
80 percent of antibiotics in America are currently used in animals
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