Breakfast at GCT Shake Shack

December 10, 2014 by Leave a Comment

Danny Meyer’s Shake Shack outpost at New York City’s Grand Central Terminal will now be offering breakfast sandwiches! The hamburger chain will now be serving the following breakfast sandwiches in their location at the lower level dining concourse:

• Sausage, Egg N’ Cheese
• Bacon, Egg N’ Cheese
• Egg N’ Cheese 

The meatless version of the breakfast sandwich will be priced at $3.75, while the sausage and bacon Egg N’ Cheese sandwiches will cost an additional dollar at $4.75. The breakfast menu will be available from 7 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. but only on weekdays. The breakfast sausage is applewood smoked Niman Ranch, served on a potato roll with American cheese. As it stands now, the only other Shake Shack location to serve breakfast is at its two locations in John F. Kennedy Airport. To check out the breakfast menu, click here.

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Defonte’s Soon To Open In Staten Island

December 10, 2014 by Leave a Comment

After the sudden move of the beloved sandwich shop in Manhattan, the Defonte’s family has decided to open up shop in Staten Island! The sandwich shop which retreated to Red Hook after the Manhattan building where the outpost was located was bought by a developer, will be opening their second location this Sunday at 95 Water Street, Stapleton, Staten Island. Owner Nicholas Defonte recently stated that the Stapleton neighborhood, “reminded me a little bit of Red Hook many years ago before it got built up as it is now.”

The original sub shop opened in 1922 and hasn’t really undergone any drastic changes since. The menu will be almost identical to the Red Hook shop, and the bread used to make the massive sub sandwiches will still be delivered daily to the new outpost. To read more about the opening of Defonte’s in Staten Island this Sunday, click here

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Two More Sweetgreens in NYC

December 9, 2014 by Leave a Comment

The new Sweetgreen outpost in Nolita opened today! The opening is actually one day ahead of schedule, and is having a ‘Pay What You Want Day,” which is the tradition of the brand on opening day with all the proceeds going to a given charity; in this outpost the proceeds will all go to Grow NYC. The following Monday Sweetgreens will also be opening a new location in Brooklyn, in none other than Williamsburg, with the same charity event except that at this location all proceeds will be going towards Education Through Music.

Sweetgreens is having a really great run, especially in recent months given their $18.5 million boost from investors including Danny Meyer and Daniel Boulud. Both new New York City locations were designed by local artists to give a contemporary feel. The furniture in the Brooklyn location is mainly made from reclaimed oak from the company Aellon and Uluru (based in Brooklyn). The menu items also have a New York theme including seasonal ingredients such as pears, apples, cheddar and many fall vegetables.

To read more about the two new Sweetgreens locations in New York City, click here

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Webinar Event: Creating a High Performance Organization

December 9, 2014 by Leave a Comment

Tomorrow, December 10th, Hospitality Concepts will be hosting a webinar entitled, “Creating a High Performance Organization.” The webinar will take place from 5pm-6pm EST and will show how each organization is comprised of a variety of personalities, all with different skills that when balanced as an organization, can lead to successful operations. A few of these “personalities” include:

  • “The Entrepreneur” has the vision.
  • “The Producer” makes things happen.
  • “The Administrator” is the bureaucrat, troubleshooter, and organizer.
  • “The Integrator” helps the personalities understand one another.

The webinar will also demonstrate how best to grow a brand from one location to multiple units. The total cost of the webinar will be $49.95 per person. To register for the webinar event tomorrow and for more information , click here

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Culintro Industry Holiday Party

December 8, 2014 by Leave a Comment

Culintro will be hosting an industry holiday party tomorrow, December 9th, from 9PM-1AM at Anfora. Anfora is a stylish wine bar at 34 8th avenue at Jane Street. Anfora opened in May of 2010 and is named in reference to clay vessels (Amphorae) used to store and transport wine in the ancient Mediterranean. Anfora carries a great beer selection, house cocktails and a variety of menu items such as bar snacks, different salads, sandwiches, charcuterie and cheeses.

For the holiday industry party, Anfora will be providing a special food and drink menu consisting of the following:

$4 Amaro
$4 beer on tap
 $7 select cocktails
$7 select wines by the glass
All else will be 20% off

To read more about the event or to RSVP, click here

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Rossopomodoro Opens In Greenwich Village

December 8, 2014 by Leave a Comment

The Neapolitan pizza chain Rossopomodoro, known as Eataly’s inner pizza place, has opened it’s first outpost outside of Eataly. The new Rossopomodoro opened last Thursday in the former Cole’s Greenwich Village space at 118 Greenwich Avenue. The space has multiple dining rooms with marble tabletops and hanging light fixtures as well as a fully-equipped bar and gilded pizza oven similar in shape to the gold pizza oven that once was at Donatella in Chelsea. Rossopomodoro also has some pantry items on display which are available for purchase.

The menu includes a great pizza selection with a variety of toppings such as squash, gorgonzola and guanciale, as well as a great selection of pasta courses such as ricotta ravioli, linguine with sea urchin and the classic tagliatelle alla bolognese. The cocktail menu is also in keeping with the Italian theme as they are serving many Italian liquors such as limoncello, Campari, Aperol and different Amari. To check out some pictures of the new space and to read more about the opening, click here

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100 Montaditos to ReOpen in Brooklyn

December 5, 2014 by Leave a Comment

The 100 Montaditos on Ludlow Street that opened three months ago is now set to close. After spending a full year to build out the space the outpost will be closing after a short three month run. Mini Hospitality owns the US franchise rights to the chain, named for its 100 varieties of mini-sandwiches, and is planning to transform the space into more of an upscale concept with a full liquor license.

The concept works very well in Madrid, Spain’s capital, where the chain blankets the city center, but did not have as much luck when it opened in Miami, and is now proving to be unsuccessful in New York City as well. The goal of Mini Hospitality was to open 30 US locations by 2017 but this now seems too aggressive and it may be time to revisit this goal. Mini Hospitality believes the concept of small finger sandwiches and beer will do better in Brooklyn. A release from DNAinfo quoted the franchise owners, “We feel that the demographic of neighborhoods such as Bushwick, Greenpoint, and Upper Manhattan, offer us multiple opportunities to expand our international brand in the coming year.”

To read more about the closing of 100 Montaditos due to a combination of location and concept, click here

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Toby’s Estate New West Village Location

December 5, 2014 by Leave a Comment

Toby’s Estate has opened its newest Cafe and Brew School in the West Village at 44 Charles Street and 7th Avenue. The Cafe is appropriately housed within a landmarked 1920s artist studio in a typical West Village brownstones. The first permanent Brew School can be found at this location, named The Brew Parlour, that offers a variety of educational opportunities for guests of the coffee house, as well as for coffee enthusiasts and aficionados.

Classes include one-on-one espresso and latte lessons as well as a new cupping series and Home Brew Methods class. The Toby’s Estate Coffee Educators will help participants to master techniques on different brewing equipment such as the Chemex and V60. The cafe’s menu includes a wide selection of single origin pour-overs and espresso from the Toby’s Estate team’s recent travels to Colombia, Honduras, Ethiopia and Panama. The Cafe will also have a larger food menu including homemade brunch and breakfast items as opposed to other outposts that provide pastries from Brooklyn and New York based rotating “residency” programs.

To check out photos of the new Toby’s Estate in the West Village and to learn more, click here

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Hospitality Concepts Webinar Event

December 4, 2014 by Leave a Comment

Hospitality Concepts is presenting a two-part webinar, Building Financial Wealth, How to Open a Restaurant 101, this Saturday December 6th from 10:00AM-12:30PM. This webinar explains concept development, menu research and development, kitchen/bar equipment selection, and square footage requirements. The webinar will also touch on the nuances of real estate lease negotiations as well as how to budget for restaurant build-out, kitchen equipment and start-up capital.

In the second part of Building Financial Wealth, How to Open a Restaurant, the lecture will go over how to budget for non-kitchen equipment and start-up capital and how to target revenue generators. By the end of this lecture, the goal is to be capable of preparing 3-year sales projections, an operating budget showing net profits and assess labor needs for a business. The webinar will also explain how to identify the breakeven point in sales volume and customer count as well as profitable concepts and losing concepts.

The cost of each segment of Building Financial Wealth, How to Open a Restaurant 101 is $49.95, and you can register now by clicking here for part one, and here for part two.

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Doughnut Plant Opens Brooklyn Outpost

December 4, 2014 by Leave a Comment

Early yesterday morning Doughnut Plant opened its first Brooklyn outpost, right in time for the holidays! There were already guests waiting at the door before the shop’s bright and early opening at 6:30AM. This outpost will be offering all the signature Doughnut Plant flavor of doghnuts, such as peanut butter and jelly and tres leches, as well as some seasonal flavors. The holiday doughnuts include marzipan-glazed yeast doughnuts in the shape of stars, gingerbread and panettone cake doughnuts.

Doughnut Plant serves coffee from Toby’s Estate, Intelligentsia and is also currently serving from City of Saints, a guest roaster. There is a considerable amount of seating available at this Brooklyn location which is larger in size to the Lower East Side location and more comparable to the Chelsea outpost. Mark Israel, the owner, has decorated the shop with a lining of doughnut-shaped terra cotta tiles that were made by his father.

To see photos of the new Doughnut Plant outpost in Brooklyn, click here

The shop is located at 245 Flatbush Ave, Brooklyn, New York.

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