Employees Only owners opening Italian eatery – Business News
The co-founder of stylish Manhattan cocktail lounge Employees Only is branching out with a new family-friendly restaurant in Brooklyn.
Igor Hadzismajlovic, who opened the late-night industry fave in 2004, has chosen his spouse, Helen Zhang, and Edo Ademovic to be his companions within the new enterprise.
Ziggy’s Roman Cafe, at 15 Main Street in Dumbo, is slated to open subsequent month, Zhang informed Side Dish.
The co-founder of stylish Manhattan cocktail lounge Employees Only is branching out with a new family-friendly restaurant in Dumbo, Brooklyn.
“We were searching for normal places where families can eat in Dumbo and there was nothing accessible for people who live in the neighborhood, just exorbitantly priced restaurants since it is a huge tourist magnet — but not a dining destination,” mentioned Zhang, a former publicist and model marketer.
The restaurant, named for his or her youngest youngster, could have round 65 seats inside and a mezzanine “for kids to play while parents eat and have a good time,” Zhang mentioned.
“We looked at the space and loved it. It’s right in the middle of Dumbo. It’s a special space,” she added.
The couple have two youngsters: Rio, 7, and Ziggy, 5.
The menu — from Chef John Poiarkoff, the previous government chef of Marta — will embody “easy, no fuss Italian Roman style food” akin to artichokes alla Romana, fried gnocchi and hasselback eggplant parmagiana.
Pizzamaker Federico Crociani, identified for his skinny, Roman-style pizzas, will seek the advice of on the pizza program.
“Eating out was such a big part of our lives and it can be painful with kids — we wanted to create something to mitigate the pain that parents feel,” Zhang mentioned.
“We are paranoid about not alienating non-parents and will have a super-fun vibe like Employees Only.”
Ademovic, previously the bar supervisor at Sunset Beach on Shelter Island, who can be Ziggy’s common supervisor.
Ziggy’s Roman, named for his or her youngest youngster, could have round 65 seats inside and a mezzanine “for kids to play while parents eat and have a good time,” Zhang mentioned. Courtesy of Ziggy’s Roman Cafe
Cocktails can be a key half of the plan. They are being developed by Employees Only co-founder Jason Kosmas.
The cocktails will vary from an Employees Only traditional, West Side (Charbay Meyer Lemon Vodka and recent lemon juice shaken with recent mint and topped with soda) in addition to Ziggy’s originals, together with a Vesuvian Margarita, which is “Italian-imagined” with reposado tequila, Italicus, orange agave, lemon and black lava salt, in addition to a Capuccino Assassino, a new tackle the traditional espresso martini with CarpanoAntica (vermouth) “to add depth.”
Start your day with all you need to know
Morning Report delivers the most recent information, videos, images and more.
Thanks for signing up!
We hear… that Miriam, a fashionable Park Slope, Brooklyn, spot that opened 20 years in the past, and now has an Upper West Side outpost close to the Beacon Theater, is in growth mode.
It’s opening Miriam West Village, at 140 Seventh Ave. South, and Miriam Upper East aspect at 973 Lexington Ave – the place fashionable neighborhood hotspot Rafael, as soon as stood.
The Mediterranean and Middle Eastern-inspired fare is from chef/restaurateur Rafael “Rafi” Hasid, who named the eatery after his mother.
Miriam’s Lamb shawarma terracotta dish. Miriam
It boasts tableside lamb shawarma terracotta, chicken schnitzel and steak levant for dinner, in addition to sharable dishes like Jerusalem sesame bread, lavash shatta-feta and spanakopita.
The menu additionally options fashionable brunch objects, like a burekas breakfast (a flaky pastry with onerous boiled eggs, crushed tomato, shug, Syrian olives, pickles and tahini), Turkish eggs (poached over yogurt with harissa oil, roasted eggplant, tahini and pita), and malawach, (a flaky, savory Yemenite flatbread with melted fontina and cheddar cheese, onerous boiled eggs, tahini, crushed tomatoes, shug, pickles and Syrian olives.).
Desserts function burnt cheesecake with blueberry coulis, kadaif cannoli with whipped labneh, date molasses and pisachio creme and a rose babka werved heat with vanilla ice cream.
The eating places are half of Hasid’s 6R Hospitality Group, which incorporates the New Orleans-inspired 1803 NYC in Tribeca and its Bon Courage speakeasy.
