Maison Ladureé opening August 22nd
The 149-year-old Parisian macaron bakery is opening up shop at 864 Madison Avenue (bet. E.70th/71st St). This will be their first location in New York which will carry, macarons of course, in addition to chocolates and selected confections. After the opening, the owners plan to open a tearoom next to the bakery in the near future.
Maison Laduree macarons. Photo by Fork in The Road
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
Potbelly Sandwich Shop is spreading across the Big Apple
Potbelly Sandwich Shop “is spreading like wildfire” says Rebecca Marx from Fork in The Road
It’s Financial District location on 101 Maiden Lane, which opened at the end of June 2011, was the first of the chain’s plan for a fast-growing New York City domination
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/
Ladle of Love Food Truck leaves their short-lived Tavern on the Green outpost due to pricey rent for parking space.
Unlike the increased enforcement of new parking rules, Ladle of Love will leave due to high rent prices
Trending Now: Urban Gardens with a twist…
Restaurant-owned Gardens, Rooftop Gardens and Celebrity Guest Garden Experiences
Gotham Greens, a climate-controlled rooftop garden greenhouse located in Greenpoint Brooklyn, sees increase demand and now supplies produce to food retailers such as Whole Foods and Eataly
Gramercy Tavern’s chef, Michael Anthony teams up with Farm Share, a Westchester, NY-based company that brings small family farms to the marketplace, to provide shares of crops personally picked out by him. The program lasts until August.
Rather than sourcing fresh produce from other urban rooftop farms, Owners of Smorgas Chef created their own farm called Blenheim Hill
The Greenmarket Pie Bake-Off is Tonight
The fun begins at 6:30pm. Come out and participate, whether you sign up to be a judge, bake two pies, or just watch the show, this should be a grand event for the savories and sweets. Just remember that if you decide to participate as a baker, using New York flour gets you extra points
by the judges.
Lower East Side Space Available!
One of our clients is looking to sell a 560 sq ft coffee bar (basement included) in the Lower East Side.
For more information, please contact us at vision@tarapaige.com
https://paigepapers.com/2011/07/10/tarapaigegroup_clientspaceopp/
Restaurant Owners: Develop a Social Media Plan that Works
On Monday, August 15th from 10am – 12pm at Crema Restaurante, 111 West 17th St. Register now
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