Sweetgreen is opening its first New York location in the NoMad hotel. On July 24, guests will pay what they want for food and drinks until 4 p.m., with proceeds benefitting City Harvest.
Fairway Market Opening Chelsea Location Monday 7/24
July 16, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Officials for Fairway Market have announced the grocery chain’s fifth Manhattan location, on Sixth Ave. near West 26th Street, will open Monday, July 24th.
The 23,000-square-foot store is on two-floors. Fairway will host a ceremony celebrating the opening at 9 a.m. on July 24, followed by a ribbon-cutting.
The store should open to shoppers at 10 a.m.
Chefs Expanding Restaurant Empires at Break-Neck Pace
July 12, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The Washington City Paper profiled several D.C.-area chefs who are rapidly expanding the number of restaurants to their names, often opening new enterprises every two years or less. Those profiled include Mike Isabella and Spike Mendelsohn.
The chefs interviewed say the pressures to build an “empire” are coming from multiple sources, from the new definition of a successful chef perpetuated by the Food Network (which now includes blogs, book deals, shows, and merchandise), to the hype generated from new concepts, to the shortage of cooks and the need to create a place for talented staff to move up and not on.
For more on this trend, read the full article here.
Merchants Hospitality Opens New Food Venues at Pier 15
July 8, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Over the holiday weekend, Merchants Hospitality opened two new food venues at the East River Waterfront Esplanade near Pier 15. Pop-up taco stand Oaxaca Express is the latest addition, opening July 3 at 70 South Street between Fletcher Lane and Maiden Lane. The stand has waterfront patio seating for 150 with views of the Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Williamsburg bridges and will be open daily for lunch and dinner through the fall. Oaxaca Express’s fare will include soft-shell tacos, chips, salsa, guacamole and a full bar.
It joins other recently-opened enterprises in the area from Merchants Hospitality, including ice cream shop Cones Cafe, which serves Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, and Watermark Bar, which serves classic American fare such as hot dogs, hamburgers, and lobster rolls.
The East River waterfront area was hit hard by Sandy, but has begun developing again and “‘becoming a neighborhood of its own,'” said Abraham Merchant, co-owner of Merchants Hospitality.
For more information about the new enterprises and area development, click here.
Shake Shack London to Open Friday
July 3, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Shack Shack’s London location is set to open Friday in Covent Garden. In keeping with their philosophy of adapting each location to its environment, the space looks slightly different from stateside Shacks, and the menu has been adapted.
While many familiar favorites will remain on the menu, Danny Meyer’s team has, as they frequently do, created some new items specific to the new location using local purveyors. Savory items include a Cumberland Sausage, made with a rare breed of pork, and a ShackMeister Sausage, an upgraded Cumberland Sausage with cheese sauce and beer-marinated shallots. Burgers will use Scottish grass-fed Aberdeen Angus. They have also partnered with St. JOHN Bakery and paul.a.young chocolatier to offer some special Concretes, including the Union Shack and Drury Lane Jam.
Strangeways Coffee Opens in Bushwick
July 2, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Eddie Cedeno, 29, opened Strangeways coffee shop at 87 St. Nicholas Avenue in Bushwick this week. Cedeno got his start in the coffee industry roasting at Gorilla coffee eight years ago. Until recently, he was a manager, roaster, and green coffee buyer for Oslo. But when Oslo burnt down in January, Cedeno decided the time was right to pursue his dream and open his own cafe. Cedeno and investors Zachary Nathanson (of Lucky Dog) and Salvator Fristensky (of Skinny Dennis) partnered up to open Strangeways.
The cafe focuses on single-origin coffees and espressos, with a broad array of preparations available, from a pour-over bar to an AeroPress. Their coffee comes from carefully sourced farms in Central and South America and is custom-roasted by Oslo. Strangeways also offers baked goods from Dough.
For more information about Strangeways, check out their Facebook page.
New LIC to Open Saturday
June 13, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Luke’s Lobster, J. J.’s Asian Fusion, Horman’s Pickles and M. Wells Dinette, will debut at a new multi-purpose flea in LIC this weekend. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (Saturday): 5-22 46th Avenue, Long Island City, Queens, (718) 866-8089.
I Am Coffee on St. Mark’s: Terzi in Manhattan
June 10, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Grub Street has profiled the new “I Am Coffee” on St. Mark’s Place in Manhattan, and is quite unlike all other coffee bars in this city. Their baristas display a deft hand with Italian espresso from Bologna’s Manuel Terzi, crafting drinks as true mixologists, similar to Terzi Caffè in Bologna.
Ice Scream You Scream for Innovative Flavors
June 4, 2013 by 1 Comment
Grub Street tallys New York’s innovative ice cream shops at 22, and writes up their new summer flavors and favorites. In this mouth-watering round-up, we’re reminded that Odd Fellows opens on Thursday in Williamsburg — yet another reason to try out that ferry and cool off.
Umami Burger: Arrival in New York with an Addictive Ingredient
May 28, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Grub Street gets down and controversial with Adam Fleischman and his Umami Burger. He explains he “wants New Yorkers to know that his L.A. Umami Burger empire—which has grown, in just four short years, from a $40,000 investment to a multimillion-dollar enterprise with madly popular, ever-multiplying outlets in San Francisco and Miami—isn’t a burger joint in the usual ho-hum, utilitarian way.
“Burger chains like Shake Shack are all designed the same,” he explains. “The food is all designed to taste the same. We don’t do that. Each of our restaurants has its own character. We want our customers to have a unique experience. We wanted to be a restaurant group, not a chain.”
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