Food Tech Internet Week NY Food Tech Brunch May 24

Food Tech + Connect is co-hosting the inaugural Internet Week NY Food Tech Brunch with Food52, Cookbook Create, The Harvard Common Press Track and many others. Attendance will see you joining Internet Week speakers, food and drink do-ers, innovators, bloggers and media for drinks and bites to celebrate the launch of the Food Tech track.

Stumptown and Intelligentsia Open in NYC

Big news for specialty coffee in Gotham: Stumptown Coffee Roasters will open its first stand-alone Manhattan cafe this week, on 8th Street, and Intelligentsia Coffee will open in the High Line Hotel in Chelsea. This will be Stumptown’s most ambitious cafe to date — a $1 Million buildout, and Intelligentsia’s first cafe in New York.

Food Tech Connect and the State of Funding & Parnterships

In the Food Tech Connect must-read monthly, Brita Rosenheim reports on the state of startups.

She echoes recent sentiments on “technology-focused food startups are enhancing the way consumers engage with food,”  and,  that “as the food tech sector matures, we are seeing an increasing number of these companies being funded or acquired by industry players.” Her monthly column highlights the most interesting acquisitions, financings and partnerships within the Food Tech & Media ecosystem, and has an awesome infographic to match.

Katz’ Deli at 125 with Jake Dell at the Helm

Jeremiahs’ Vanishing New York talks with deli man Jake Dell about Katz’ Deli, why he loves the family business and won’t likely leave. An interesting insight into old New York.