New chocolate shop expected to open this month

Future Openings to Note: Xocolatti opens in Soho on September 12th
The Strong Buzz highlights that Soho will be expecting a new chocolate shop in the area at 172 Prince Street (at Thompson Street)

https://paigepapers.com/2011/09/02/xocolattiopensinsoho/

Cupcake Stop heads over The Verrazano

Mobile to Brick-&-Mortar: Cupcake Stop expands to Staten Island.
The Staten Island Mall will introduce a Cupcake Stop outpost in October of this year

https://paigepapers.com/2011/08/30/cupcakestop_instatenisland/

Food Trucks cross the 59th Street Bridge

Food Truck Lot in Long Island City, Queens is finally open.
Located by the Citigroup building from 11am -4pm

https://paigepapers.com/2011/08/29/lic_foodtrucklot/

Bouchon Bakery will start to sell gluten-free flour

A new gluten-free flour called C4C (Cup 4 Cup), developed by French Laundry researcher Lena Hawk, will be sold at Bouchon Bakery in late September
This new creation is a flour-blend of white and brown rice, tapioca and potatoes, with potato starch, cornstarch and milk powder

https://paigepapers.com/2011/08/26/cup4cup_bouchonbakery_sells/

Even The Gap has a food truck now

Pico De Gap: Coupons for Gap merchandise with 2 tacos for $1.69
Check out the Twitter Page for pop-up locations

https://paigepapers.com/2011/08/10/picodegap_newyorkcityfoodtour/

Milk Burger’s Shake Shack Menu

The Milk Burger menu matches the Shake Shack menu.
Milk Burger’s owner, Erik Mayor, makes a replica of Shake Shack with the addition of a chicken burger and sweet potato fries

https://paigepapers.com/2011/07/30/milkburgershakeshack_menu/

Food trucks get around the new around the city

Food trucks gather to become food truck courts in private open spaces and their fan base continues to grow as strict laws increase
The Lot of Tap and The Long Island City Food Truck Court draw in mobile food vendors such as Treats Truck and Rickshaw Dumpling
Food Trucks, such as Wafels & Dinges, shift their strategies to comply with new laws by using
food carts

Food Trucks move to the outer boroughs– Staten Island and Queens are seeing more mobility
PR Newswire highlights a Technomic Food Truck Report, which shows that 91% of consumers strongly support food trucks, and only 7% said that their visits would decrease

https://paigepapers.com/2011/07/29/foodtrucksgoaroundrules/

Saxelby Wins!

Congrats: Saxelby Cheesemonger, a New York City Fromagiere, received The Small Business of the Year Award at the Gracie Mansion Banquet.
The NYC Small Business Services Department honored Saxelby for being a leader in educating its community and influencing the growth of the Essex Street Market

https://paigepapers.com/2011/07/25/saxelbywinssmallbizaward/

McClure’s Pickles now makes Potatoes

The Brooklyn-based company, McClure’s Pickles, teamed up with Detroit-based snack food company, Better Made, to roll out a new product line which will combine the seasonings of the beloved pickle company with the veteran Detroit-based snack food company for a unique potato chip with a pickle flavor. The new product line will be featured in New York and Detroit around mid-July 2011 and online the following month, in August

McClure's Potato Chips

Look at more photos of the new product on Cool Hunting’s website…

https://paigepapers.com/2011/07/12/mcclurespicklespotatochips/