Are New Yorkers ready for Simits? This is the question Robert Sietsema asks as he visits Simit & Smith on the Upper West Side.
Beer Table 5th Anniversary Event 2/2
January 7, 2013 by Leave a Comment
In honor of their 5th anniversary, on February 2nd, 2013, Beer Table will be serving buttermilk biscuit sandwiches for $5 from noon until midnight, with a selection of $5 beers the whole time! Come join us!
Creating a Better Bar for the Bartender
January 7, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Bar setups are often an afterthought or married to a standard. The four partners in Alchemy Consulting reinvented the traditional model with their setup at Pouring Ribbons. The setup gives the bartender many advantages in speed and agility.
Balance Excitement with Reality When Setting Growth Rates
January 4, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Every brand wants to be bigger and more profitable. But leaders and experts in the quick-service restaurant industry say finding the correct growth rate is a delicate balance of having a clear appreciation for resource and talent capacity and an understanding of one’s appetite for risk. QSR talks to Dan Simons, who runs Vucurevich Simons Advisory Group, a restaurant-consulting firm based in Maryland and Texas.
Starbucks Launches a Reusable Cup
January 3, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The public clamored for a greener solution, and they answered. Starbucks is rolling out a novel possible solution today: a $1 reusable tumbler.
USA Today reports, the Seattle-based coffee company will start selling the plastic cups, bearing its logo and resembling the paper version, at all its company-owned stores in the USA and Canada in an effort to get customers to kick their disposable habit. It will 10 cent discount for each purchase, so the cup pays for itself after 10 uses.
Food Trends for 2013
January 2, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Just out of the gate, food trends to watch for 2013 from the New York Times. As Julia Moskin writes, “our newly omnivorous nation, restaurant trends often have the same viral spread and short life span as boy bands — witness 2011’s crispy pig ears and sea buckthorn berries. Eating around the country on reporting trips in 2012, I saw food lovers everywhere embracing new interpretations of farm-to-table and nose-to-tail as fast as they came along.”
Shame On Sandy: A Variety Show Benefit 1/12/13
December 31, 2012 by Leave a Comment
My Last Supper is producing a variety show for Sandy relief on January 12 at the Highline Stages. Food and drinks from some of New York’s finest chefs and artisans will be served, accompanied by pieces and performances from some of the city’s most entertaining creatives.
Every dollar from ticket sales will go directly to the Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City for Hurricane Sandy Relief Efforts.
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Runner and Stone Opens in Gowanus
December 28, 2012 by Leave a Comment
With the opening of Runner and Stone, Gowanus is becoming a dining destination within Brooklyn itself. Opened by veterans of Smorgasburg, they serve pastries in the morning, sandwiches for lunch, and an Italian-influenced menu at night.
Mighty Quinn’s Opens in the East Village
December 26, 2012 by Leave a Comment
New barbecue in time for the new year, as Mighty Quinn’s opens in the East Village.
Robert Sietsema makes a visit for The Early Word.
Merry Christmas From Tara Paige!
December 25, 2012 by Leave a Comment
We hope that you have a wonderful holiday, however you spend it. If you’re not working today, and have decided not to cook, DNA has a great list of restaurants that are open, traditional ideas and non.
May this and all days be successful, merry, and bright.
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