Opening Soon Presents: "The Build"

This week’s episode of Opening Soon is all about designing and building your dream restaurant with Chef Missy Robbins. You’ve chosen your partners, you’ve got a lease and your business plan is in full effect. Now for the design and construction phase. Where do you focus and what is essential. Who are the key people that will help design and execute your vision and what can you DIY?

We are joined by celebrated chef Missy Robbins, JBF Best Chef NYC in 2018 and owner of Misi and Lilia restaurants in Williamsburg BK. Most of you know her for her take on simplicity and using thoughtful ingredients to highlight regional italian cooking. But she is also super passionate about design and personally oversaw much of the process while building both Lilia and Misi.

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This week’s episode of Opening Soon is all about sourcing. You’ve chosen your partners, you’ve got a lease and your business plan is in full effect. You’ve got a budget for equipment, tableware, interior furnishings, uniforms and more. Where/When do you start? Where can you save, where can you finance? Where should you splurge?

We are joined by Morgan Tucker, director of business development at Singer Equipment where she oversees tabletop including her signature Little M Tucker line of curated products. And Josh Morgan COO of Melt Shop and an Operating Partner of Aurify brands. Both came to their current roles after years in nationally recognized restaurants including USHG and the Nomad.

This episode is brought to you by BentoBox, a platform that connects restaurants with people. Learn more at getbento.com/openingsoon. For a limited time, BentoBox will waive the website setup fee for all Opening Soon listeners. Offer expires August 20.

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This week’s episode of Opening Soon is all about location, location location! How do you navigate the wild world of real estate and land the perfect spot? What are some pitfalls of lease negotiation and how do you maximize your location?

We are joined by Erin Patinkin CEO and Agatha Kulaga COO, Co-Founders of Ovenly, a radically responsible bakery with 4 locations between Manhattan and Brooklyn to talk real estate. Both Erin and Agatha have been recognized for their leadership in social impact and demystifying entrepreneurship. They have built a delicious and growing brand since launching the first retail location in Greenpoint in 2012.

This episode is brought to you by BentoBox, a platform that connects restaurants with people. Learn more at getbento.com/openingsoon. For a limited time, BentoBox will waive the website setup fee for all Opening Soon listeners. Offer expires August 20.

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Hospitality professionals are historically under staffed, overworked and hyper focused on their tasks at hand inside their business. That doesn’t leave much time for mingling with or courting investors, business partners and the people you will need to start your journey from employee to ownership. How did you find your perfect match?

We are so pleased and honored to have partners in the Bowery Restaurant Group here today: Vicki Freeman co-owner, Chef Ayesha Nurdjaja, chef/partner at Shuka, and Anna Marie McCullagh, partner. They are true industry veterans, Vicki and her Partner Chef Marc Meyer opened their first restaurant together in 1999, called Five Points (now Vic’s). They have since built an impressive mini-restaurant empire, including Cookshop, Vic’s, Rosie’s and Shuka. They are the type of restaurateurs that attract loyal diners with their dedication to green market ingredients, well executed honest cooking, and welcoming spaces.

This episode is brought to you by BentoBox, a platform that connects restaurants with people. Learn more at getbento.com/openingsoon. For a limited time, BentoBox will waive the website setup fee for all Opening Soon listeners. Offer expires August 20.

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Opening Soon is a weekly show that will walk you through the steps of opening a restaurant through conversations with some of the world’s greatest chefs, restaurateurs and the vendors that help take their business from an idea to opening soon. Hosted by the founders of Tilit NYC, Jenny Goodman and Alex McCrery bring their unique perspective as hospitality industry insiders as well as lots of questions as the former proprietors of a now shuttered restaurant.

On our first episode of Opening Soon we start at the top and deep dive into the components of a great business plan. The difference between a 6 month run and outlasting your 25 year lease starts with a clear path on how to get there. Our Guests, Hugo Murray and Ryan Butler co-founders of Butler Bakeshop will be joining us to help us understand the components to a successful starting point as well as when it’s ok to be flexible and when it’s important to not compromise.

This episode is brought to you by BentoBox, a platform that connects restaurants with people. Learn more at getbento.com/openingsoon. For a limited time, BentoBox will waive the website setup fee for all Opening Soon listeners. Offer expires August 20.

Opening Soon is powered by Simplecast.

Opening Soon is a weekly show about the journey of opening a restaurant featuring conversations with some of the world’s greatest chefs, restaurateurs and the vendors that help take their business from an idea to opening soon. Opening Soon is hosted by the founders of Tilit NYC, Jenny Goodman and Alex McCrery, who bring their unique perspective as hospitality industry insiders and many questions as the former proprietors of a now shuttered restaurant.

Opening Soon is powered by Simplecast.