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From Bagel Sandwich Pop Up to Zabar’s for the Next Generation With Elyssa of Edith’s BK
Opening Soon Presents: "The Build" - February 16, 2022 19:57 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 88 ratingsWe were first introduced to Edith’s in the summer of 2020 when we joined the line of several dozen other hungry Brooklynites looking for hand-rolled bagels and hot latkes. Fast forward 18 months and Ediths has 2 permanent locations including a brand new flagship complete with café and grocery. ...
ReThink: Stating a Circular Non-profit With Matt Jozwiak
Opening Soon Presents: "The Build" - February 09, 2022 00:46 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 88 ratingsEvery restaurant, no matter how hard they try to avoid it, ends up with food waste. Slow nights, weather impacted outdoor dining, pandemic surges and dips, and just the normal ebb and flow of running a restaurant can leave food on the table, literally. There have been options in the past, but ho...
Dacha 46- A Pop Up That Is Here to Stay
Opening Soon Presents: "The Build" - December 07, 2021 20:44 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 88 ratingsAre pop-ups here to stay? According to our guests today, YES! They are doing just that with their Eastern European cuisine, and building their pop-up and frozen Pelmeni business, Dacha 46, from the ground up after a successful run of pop-ups, including a term at our previous guest, Libby Lark’s ...
Sesame Is Here for a New Kind of Delivery Model
Opening Soon Presents: "The Build" - November 30, 2021 21:02 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 88 ratingsOur restaurant delivery system is broken. Can we all just agree on this? Restaurants are getting hammered with percent-of-sales fees, delivery drivers are hurting for fair pay, stability, and safety, and customers have been trained to expect faster delivery times and wider accessibility. We ar...
Lark brings New Life in Philly's Ironworks
Opening Soon Presents: "The Build" - November 23, 2021 20:13 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 88 ratingsWe’ve tried this once before - booking a guest the day before they opened that is. And last time? Well, we had a quiet line… Today, though, our guest has made the time to chat with us on how he, along with his partner plan to open their doors to their new concept housed in a 150-plus-year-old ir...
Building Outside In with Au Za'atar
Opening Soon Presents: "The Build" - November 17, 2021 00:08 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 88 ratings2 years ago, a restaurateur building out his outdoor patio before investing in his interior dining room would have sounded like some sort of farce to be balked at by the likes of Mr. Wonderful on the latest episode of Shark Tank. But today, it just sounds downright smart. Unless you're part of t...
A Neighborhood Plan with Daily Provisions
Opening Soon Presents: "The Build" - October 26, 2021 20:39 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 88 ratingsDaily Provisions from USHG is the kind of neighborhood spot everyone welcomes. It is true all-day dining, from the classic Bacon Egg and Cheese in the morning to the Roasted Chicken in the afternoon. Don’t pass on the addicting sweets like cookies and crullers. But even with the muscle from a se...
Bringing together Family, Food & Coffee with Kinship Butcher & Sundry
Opening Soon Presents: "The Build" - October 19, 2021 20:37 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 88 ratingsThe last year and a half has, amongst a few other things, upended the way we eat. We’ve embraced eating at home, whether it be cooking for ourselves or feasting on a bevy of elevated takeout menus. Giant grocery stores still exist, but many of us are ordering our staples online and turning to lo...
Opening a Neighborhood Gem with James & Jess of Bocadillo Market
Opening Soon Presents: "The Build" - September 28, 2021 17:48 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 88 ratingsWe first planned to chat with James and Jessica on August 3rd, the day before they opened. Note to self, while it’s enticing to get a first-hand account of the finish line, we shouldn’t schedule a podcast the day before the restaurant opens. They may have other things to wrap up! Luckily we’re a...
Glide Pizza Takes Off
Opening Soon Presents: "The Build" - September 15, 2021 19:40 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 88 ratingsQuit your day job and open up a NY-style pizza shop. That’s the American dream, right? Since we can never get enough pizza, we’re talking slice shops with another growing food entrepreneur: this time we're South of the Mason Dixon in Atlanta, GA. Today we talk to Rob Birdsong, owner and pizzaio...
A New Kind of Hospitality Community Space with Libby Willis of KIT
Opening Soon Presents: "The Build" - August 12, 2021 19:10 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 88 ratingsNow more than ever chefs and entrepreneurs are finding new ways to get their business off the ground, being immensely creative to minimize their risk while generating a name for themselves. Working together and collaborating has been a way, in recent years, for the culinary world to grow and sha...
Going from e-commerce to brick and mortar with Surbhi Sahni of TAGMO
Opening Soon Presents: "The Build" - August 05, 2021 18:31 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 88 ratingsOver the past year, we saw a lot of pivots from full-service restaurants to delivery-only, meal kits, and nationwide shipping. Now that things are opening up again, what about the reverse? Food businesses that have been operating in a digital space are going brick and mortar. Our guest today i...
Scaling Sandwiches with Richard Zaro of Cutlets Sandwich Co.
Opening Soon Presents: "The Build" - July 27, 2021 15:56 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 88 ratingsFor those that have been listening for a while, you know we like to get down to brass tacks. Mostly we have on entrepreneurs and restaurateurs that fund their projects through friends and family or occasionally through Small business loans. And then there is the rarity of the venture-backed food...
More than a coffee shop with Round K by Sol
Opening Soon Presents: "The Build" - July 15, 2021 18:17 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 88 ratingsOur show aims to assist new entrepreneurs in finding their way through the process of getting their hospitality business off the ground - hopefully with flying colors! One type of business we haven’t delved deeply into? Coffee shops. NYC alone has just under 4,000 coffee shops and has been growi...
More then a coffee shop with Round K by Sol
Opening Soon Presents: "The Build" - July 15, 2021 18:17 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 88 ratingsOur show aims to assist new entrepreneurs in finding their way through the process of getting their hospitality business off the ground - hopefully with flying colors! One type of business we haven’t delved deeply into? Coffee shops. NYC alone has just under 4,000 coffee shops and has been growi...
A Book, Baby and making room to grow with Chefs Angie Rito and Scott Tacinelli of Don Angie
Opening Soon Presents: "The Build" - July 12, 2021 16:47 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 88 ratingsWhen one door closes another door opens. The last year has closed a lot of doors, around the world, across the country, and here in NYC. For those that have made it through, opportunities are abundant. Perhaps expanding to a new city or a new neighborhood. Or what about a space down the street, ...
Open for New Opportunities with Ashish Alfred
Opening Soon Presents: "The Build" - June 29, 2021 19:02 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 88 ratingsRestaurants are back baby. Aside from reopening, many restaurateurs are taking the opportunity to expand and grow their businesses. Commercial rents are still down in many markets and that means deals are to be had. For a proven restaurateur that’s made it through the pandemic, they’re an especi...
Serving and scaling better slices with Scarr Pimentel of Scarr's Pizza
Opening Soon Presents: "The Build" - June 11, 2021 00:19 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 88 ratingsPizza is like religion here at Tilit NYC, and with the exception of the pandemic era, we have a tradition of enjoying Pizza with our team every Friday for pretty much the last 9 years. 5 years ago that all changed for the better when Scarr’s Pizza opened up on Orchard St. So now we don’t just ha...
Re-Opening and Then Some with Johnny Spero
Opening Soon Presents: "The Build" - June 08, 2021 20:28 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 88 ratingsWe are officially in the midst of what will be known as the great reopening of 2021. Shuttered restaurants have most likely flipped ownership and are hurriedly making their way to the finish line, while those on hiatus or at partial capacity are seeing their dining rooms full again. And don’t fo...
Opening Restaurants with Opening Expert and Consulting Chef Bradford Thompson
Opening Soon Presents: "The Build" - May 25, 2021 19:14 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 88 ratingsTo date, we’ve chatted with vendors that assist in openings including legal experts, technology companies, and press relations, but never a hospitality consultant whose business is to open restaurants - a hired expert to come in and assist new or even seasoned entrepreneurs to chart, plan and en...
Designing a profitable beverage program with Adam Fournier and Diageo Bar Academy
Opening Soon Presents: "The Build" - May 19, 2021 01:02 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 88 ratingsIt's common knowledge that wine and alcohol sales have much better margins than food. Building a great bar program not only delights guests but can also really drive profitability. But how does a post lockdown world turn the bar program on its head? Many major metropolitan cities still haven’t o...
The Patiently Waiting Game with Joe Flamm Chef/ Owner of Rose Mary
Opening Soon Presents: "The Build" - May 12, 2021 23:36 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 88 ratingsMost restaurants have a 9-month journey from creation to inception. The ones that were aiming for Spring of 2020, Summer of 2020, Fall of 2020, or even Winter of 2020 experience a longer stretch; In the case of our guest today, over 560 days in the making. We're excited to welcome Chef Joe Flamm...
Restaurant Revitalization Fund and the Re-Opening Dirt Candy with Amanda Cohen
Opening Soon Presents: "The Build" - May 07, 2021 16:39 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 88 ratings14 months in and it's finally here. Vaccines, Reopenings, and Targeted Restaurant Relief. After a year of lobbying by the Independent Restaurant Coalition (IRC) the restaurant revitalization fund started taking applications this week! Here to talk today about the grant fund and reopening is Ch...
A Different Kind of Butcher Shop and Business with Butcher Girls
Opening Soon Presents: "The Build" - April 15, 2021 00:38 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 88 ratingsAs a former chef, I’ve always enjoyed the process of shopping and picking out my food, meeting the farmers, the growers, and the butchers that are working. So how does this transition to online? Our guests and friends, Jocelyn Guest and Erika Nakamura, have done just that with their company But...
A New Model for Funding Restaurants with inKind
Opening Soon Presents: "The Build" - April 12, 2021 19:48 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 88 ratingsFundraising is not often learned in culinary school and it’s not often taught on the job. Fundraising usually happens before you’ve been hired or behind a door you’ve never opened. When it comes to raising capital to open your next venture, or in today’s fucked up market, reopening your same ven...
Crowd-Funded and Community-Minded with Daughter
Opening Soon Presents: "The Build" - March 26, 2021 22:17 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 88 ratingsOne of the messages we keep hearing this season over and over is how the hospitality community came together to support one another. There are countless individuals and organizations that have generously donated meals and time to their communities in need throughout the pandemic. But how can you...
The Hypebeast of Pastry with Chef Paola Velez
Opening Soon Presents: "The Build" - March 17, 2021 19:49 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 88 ratingsAs we’re taping Opening Soon this chilly March morning, we’ve just passed the one-year anniversary since the declaration of this pandemic, the start of shutdowns, and, for most, the switch into survival mode. While many businesses, chefs, cooks, and anyone, for that matter, have sought to surviv...
Building a pizza business from the ground up with Stoney Hill pizza
Opening Soon Presents: "The Build" - March 06, 2021 04:46 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 88 ratingsPizza is the perfect food. Some (meaning me) might argue it can cure anything. From its intended cure for hunger to something as broad as a global pandemic. Well, that may be difficult to back up with science. However, today’s guest will show us how pizza has taken her through a countrywide shut...
How to open a Restaurant in 30 Days
Opening Soon Presents: "The Build" - February 25, 2021 21:10 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 88 ratingsThe average restaurant takes 9 months to open. In the next 45 minutes, we find out how to open one in less than 1 month. Our guest today, Chef David Myers, opened his burger bar and pop up, Adrift, on Abbott Kinney Boulevard in Venice, CA, in just 30 days. David is Michelin starred chef with co...
Building a business on Bologna with the Trashalachian crew
Opening Soon Presents: "The Build" - February 20, 2021 06:41 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 88 ratingsThe world has gone on pause, and whether you agree with it or not, our government and our society have seemingly dealt a near-death blow to every restauranteur out there. So when all bets are off, why not try something new? Something you’ve been thinking about for years, or perhaps something you...
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