Macy’s Herald Square expands.
A four year project that will expand the current megastore by 100,000 sq. ft. and feature 22 new restaurants and food stations with a new coffee, wine and chocolate bar on the second floor
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New York’s Halloween Guide: A list of things to do around the city.
From Candied Spreads on Bagels from Vic’s Bagel Bar to special treats from La Maison du Chocolat
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New York City has it’s 1st Annual Food Day
An increase in New York City’s food industry by 14% in 4 years and the push for healthy eating practices has given the city a reason to celebrate. Annual food day was October 24th.
Mayor Bloomberg handed out apples, donated by the New York State Apple Association, to subway riders to promote some of the challenges and opportunities within the food industry
October 21, 2011 by Leave a Comment
A “Pay-It-Forward” model for casual dining
Panera Bread’s Pay-What-You-Want concept has finally reached the casual dining scene as Jon Bon Jovi opens Soul Kitchen with the same concept.
The idea is diners who can pay would pay the suggested minimum donation and for those who can’t, they can volunteer time at the restaurant to pay for their meal
October 18, 2011 by Leave a Comment
New York City Council Member wants increased regulation on
food trucks
New York City Councilwoman, Gale Brewer, introduces bill to increase regulation on city food trucks and carts.
Yesterday, October 17th, Councilwoman Gale Brewer, introduced a bill that would require the State’s Department of Health to report the number of permits issued to food trucks and carts each year
October 13, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Upper West Side is keeping a close eye on food trucks
The line at Frites 'N' Meats. Photo by Julia Shapiro of http://www.dnainfo.com.
New York City’s Community Board 7 plans to closely monitor the activity of food trucks.
Since the recent enforcement of laws to move food trucks out of the Upper East Side and Midtown area, the Upper West Side is now experiencing more complaints due to parked trucks
https://paigepapers.com/2011/10/13/foodtrucksmonitoredinuws/
October 12, 2011 by Leave a Comment
City Harvest creates new app for participating restaurants that
help fight hunger
City Harvest releases an app that allows people to look up city restaurants that donate to the organization.
Next week Tuesday, October 18th, City Harvest launches an app called “Great Food, Good Hearts” that will allow patrons to look up restaurants and make reservations via OpenTable to combat hunger
in New York City
October 10, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Farmers looking forward to upcoming year for New York City Department of Education contracts
With many food distribution contracts for New York City’s Department Of Education (DOE) expiring August 2012, many local farmers are looking to get in on a piece of the action.
With current contracts totaling $142 million, farmers seek to get into business with large purchasing companies such as DOE’s SchoolFund Program which purchases 900,000 meals a day
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Tavern On The Green says good-bye to food trucks
Food Trucks parked at the famous location where Tavern On The Green once lived in Central Park will be moving out on Saturday, October 15th as the city makes plans for major reconstruction.
All four food trucks, Ladle of love, Rickshaw Dumplings, Pera Turkish Taco and Van Leeuwen will not be renewing their leases for next year in result of lower revenues than expected while the city’s Department of Design and Construction prepare to make assessments on the site for future plans
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