Languedoc-Roussillon in New York City!

June 23, 2014 by Leave a Comment

Sud de France Développement, a semi public company working for the region of Languedoc-Roussillon in the south of France, has been hosting a festival in New York City since June 9th and will be ending next week on June 30th. The goal of Sud de France Développment is to support regional businesses in terms of export whilst promoting the Sud de France brand. By strengthening sales and promotional approaches they will be able to develop activities both on national and international markets.

The festival has brought New Yorkers the opportunity to experience the culture of Languedoc-Rousillon through participating in different events such as dinners, wine tastings, cruises, and concerts. One of the events that took place in the past couple weeks was a wine crawl atop a double decker bus! The bus had live music and drove around making stops at different French brasseries and bars in Manhattan and Brooklyn.

To read about the past events and sign up for future ones click here

 

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Great Coffee in New York City

June 19, 2014 by Leave a Comment

More and more serious coffee shops have  been popping up throughout New York City over the past couple of years. Guests are becoming more knowledgeable in the coffee arena and expecting a little extra value out of their cup of joe. There is really so much to learn about coffee and the logistics that are involved from seed to cup. As guests become more appreciative of the process so too will their taste buds. There is a much larger nuance of a customer’s coffee preferences from the aroma, flavor, body, fragrance, etc. than there has been in the past. Customers are realizing that the options for ordering a cup of coffee keep extending further and further.

Experienced coffee drinkers will most likely going to stay true to their favorite shops, but for those who are willing to explore, the New York Times has created an online map of New York City that generates great coffee that surround an address you input. So if you would like to find a great cup of coffee in your vicinity, you can try out the coffee map of New York City here!

 

 

 

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Modernist Cooking not Immune to Modern Real Estate

June 13, 2014 by Leave a Comment

After 11 years Wylie Dufresne is forced to close his lower east side modernist restaurant, wd~50. November 30th will be the influential restaurant’s last night of service. Wd~50, named after the chef’s initials and the address, 50 Clinton St, is a fine-dining New American restaurant known for the chef’s experimental cooking methods and unique use and manipulation of ingredients. Wylie Dufresne had a vision and he admirably stuck to it for 11 years, never rethinking his concept or straying from his original idea.

Unfortunately, a developer has plans to build on the site which is forcing the restaurant to have to close. Wylie is looking for a new location in the city but has nowhere specific in mind at the moment. After Wylie announced that the restaurant would be shutting its doors, a number of disappointments with the situation were expressed by fellow chefs and thoughtful testaments flooded the twitter feed. David Chang, Korean chef/entrepreneur and founder of Momofuko added “This is unfortunately what’s probably going to happen to almost everybody, unless you can buy the building.”

To read more about the closing of wd~50 click here

 

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