Reuters reports: A new group of food-focused startups are applying tricks learned from the technology industry to grow a new wave of businesses to cash in on the growing food movement across the U.S. Like tech entrepreneurs starting out in a Starbucks, foodies who find themselves needing space to prepare boutique treats are turning to shared programs called incubators and accelerators that help them launch by offering communal business spaces and logistical assistance.
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Food Incubators are taking cues from Tech Incubators
December 14, 2012 by 1 Comment
Brooklyn Flea Winter Opens Tomorrow
December 14, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The Brooklyn Flea at Skylight One Hanson kicks off the winter season tomorrow. Over 100 vendors will be present.
Through March 2013, the Flea’s home is the former Williamsburg Savings Bank, worth a visit just to see the landmark interior. Note: the Flea is closed Dec. 29+30.
The Art of Tipping
December 13, 2012 by Leave a Comment
How do you tip?
Zagat surveys its readers for some interesting results. From the stingy to the extreme, the how and why are covered. ‘Tis the season to tip, and many question “how much?”
Start Ups for Liquor Get Quicker
December 10, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Grub Street reports on the growing ease and commonplace of opening up a local distillery. If producers source their raw materials primarily from New York State, they can apply for a farm-distiller’s license, reducing the annual fee, and as of next April, this will allow them to sell their wares at farmers’ markets.
Crowdfunding Helps Whole Earth Bakery Stay Afloat
December 7, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Peter Silvestri and his mom started the vegan Whole Earth Bakery in 1978, in SoHo.
After Hurricane Sandy, the loss of goods combined with mounting rent bills led Silvestri to LuckyAnt, a crowd-sourcing website to help support his shop, which is now on St. Marks place.
Sweet Chick to Open on Bedford Avenue
December 6, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Chicken and waffles will make a new debut in Williamsburg on New Year’s Day, for brunch. Sweet Chick focuses on farm -to -table and has gluten free options, read the full report on DNA info here.
New Nordic Shop in NYC
December 6, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Nordic Preserves, Fish & Wildlife, small stall with a large a caribou head, has opened in Essex Street Market. The shop specializes in Scandinavian foods, such as gravlax, meatballs, pickles and potted game. Hard to find imported goods from Scandinavia are also available. On Sunday, in celebration of the shop’s opening earlier in the week, the shop will pour Glogg.
Houston Hall Beer to Open This Weekend
December 5, 2012 by Leave a Comment
An enormous beer hall is opening this weekend in the West Village, built inside a former garage, moving in next to Brooklyn-themed bar The Brooklyneer, Film Forum and the music venue SOB’s.
Retailers Are Adding Restaurants in Bid for More Shoppers
November 29, 2012 by 1 Comment
Would you like a salad with that shirt? In what seems an interesting return to the lunch counters and in-store dining so popular in the 1900s, retailers are adding restaurants to their outlets to capture more shoppers.
Next month in Manhattan, Tommy Bahama will add a restaurant to their flagship store.
Urban Outfitters serves ethnic cuisines to match its eclectic styles at its store in Westport, Connecticut.
J.C. Penney Co. plans to add juice bars and coffee shops.
Unique to the Tommy Bahama model, is that they’ve chosen to run the restaurants themselves, as opposed to license them.
Oysters, Lobsters, Po Boys, Oh My
November 28, 2012 by Leave a Comment
It seems since this summer there’s no shortage of clam shacks and shellfish joints opening up in New York City. We’ve been starting to make the rounds, and the list is growing.
Littleneck opened a popular clamshack this summer in Gowanus, and has just started serving brunch.
L&W Oyster Co. opened a few weeks ago, on 5th Avenue in Manhattan, “Just post-storm,” Eric Lemonides, an owner, told us. “When we conceived of this [concept] we were on the beach, kind of in a vacuum, but now it seems we’re part of a zeitgeist”. A happy one for us.
Kittery will open in Carroll Gardens next Tuesday, and their lobster roll has been getting advance press. With a New Englander at the helm of this ship, we’re especially curious.
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