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/

Trending Now: Asian Grocers

Asian Groceries growing in New York.
News of M2M’s expansion comes after the opening of the Asian Eataly in Flushing, Queens called SkyFoods

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

Molly’s Cupcakes gives the West Village a taste of The Windy City

Molly’s Cupcakes, the famous Chicago cupcake shop opened on Sunday, August 14th.
Located in the West Village, this is the 1st New York outpost on 228 Bleecker Street

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

Landbrot Bakery comes to New York

A little more of Germany in New York as Landbrot Bakery Bar opens two outposts next month
The beirgarten craze in New York sparked the latest addition in German cuisine as Landbrot Bakery Bar seeks to deliver Germany’s signature soft pretzels and traditional bread

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

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/

Hot dogs are the new burger

More and more operators are skipping over burger concepts and turning to hot dogs
National Restaurant News reports that hot dogs concepts are on the rise

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

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/

2nd Avenue Deli open on The Upper East Side

Another shop opening on the Upper East Side, 2nd Avenue Deli debuts 2nd shop.
The doors opened at 6:30am on August 16th on 1st Avenue and 75th Street

https://paigepapers.com/2011/08/23/2ndavenuedelinowopen/

Nation chicken coops

Chicken coops aren’t just a New York City trend.
More people are tending to chickens as Seattle Tilth , an environmental-education nonprofit, highlighted that in July 47 host families volunteered to show-off their coops for tours– up from 29 last year.

https://paigepapers.com/2011/08/23/nationalchickencoop/

More consumers are adding coffee to their morning regime

Technomic’s Market Intelligence Report for Coffee & Tea shows that more people are sipping on the good ol’ cup of joe.
60% of consumers are now drinking coffee on a daily basis

https://paigepapers.com/2011/08/17/coffeeseesmorningincrease/