La Nostra Gigi | A piece of Italy in Amsterdam
14-4-2023
Opening – This week, a new hospitality concept opens that offers plenty of room for Italian shared dining and a cozy drink at the charming red cocktail bar. La Nostra Gigi is located at the Marie Heinekenplein in De Pijp neighborhood in Amsterdam. Immersed in Italian atmospheres, La Nostra Gigi is a sparkling addition to the capital’s hospitality offerings. It’s a colorful trattoria, cocktail bar, and lounge all in one, where you can always go for an espresso macchiato, a nice glass of Chianti, a festive cocktail, or an extensive dinner. Keep it simple or go all out, anything is possible here.
Dine on Water | Top restaurants push their limits on the SUPPER Cruise
14-4-2023
From May 16th up to and including May 25th, the SUPPER Cruise will be the setting for a beautiful pop-up dinner event. A unique concept where 4 restaurants provide a dinner on the water. While the cruise sails on the waters of Amsterdam, guests can enjoy a delicious menu, live entertainment, and breathtaking views. The first edition of ‘Dine on Water’ includes the restaurants Bar Rouge, Baut, Helling 7, and Pesca. These Amsterdam based restaurants will cook their hearts out for 9 days during a trip along the Amsterdam skyline.
In the USA the fortune cookie message will now be written by ChatGPT
13-4-2023
OpenFortune is one of the fastest growing media platforms that delivers creative advertising via fortune cookies at 47,000 restaurants in the U.S.. They have announced a transformational shift in their content creation strategy: embracing OpenAI’s ChatGPT for writing fortune messages. This move will enable OpenFortune to effectively provide an unlimited number of completely new, unique fortunes to millions of consumers dining at restaurants and at home, all while maintaining the integrity of traditional fortune cookies.
Order Domino’s Pizza through Apple CarPlay
13-4-2023
In the U.S.A. you now have the convenience of ordering Domino’s Pizza from your car, without waiting in long drive-thru lines. The largest pizza company in the world is giving customers a new and more efficient way to order while on the go: via Domino’s iOS app on Apple CarPlay.
Taste ‘Bara chicken’ by two-Michelin stars chef Soenil Bahadoer at the bakeries of Shell stations
13-4-2023
Following in the footsteps of Dutch heroes, Shell is introducing the theme ‘Taste the world’s cuisine’ this year. Every quarter, Shell introduces a new themed range inspired by world flavours. This quarter, the focus is on Surinamese and Indian cuisine and Shell entered into a temporary collaboration with Soenil Bahadoer, chef and owner of the two Michelin-starred restaurant De Lindehof. The specials developed by Soenil are now available at all Shell stations with a bakery in the Netherlands.
Trends we spotted | Week 14
11-4-2023
At horecatrends.com we spot many national and international trends on a daily basis. We pick the most interesting ones to write about, the other trends we use in our weekly column ‘Trends we spotted this week’.
With this week links to articles about, among other things, the lightest champagne bottle in the world from Telmont Champagne, made from glass with 35 grams less weight than the standard bottle. And event location SugarCity Events has a new name: SugarFactory, located in Halfweg near Amsterdam.
A ‘Bucket List Program’ for the employees of the Dutch hotel management company IHCP to attract and keep more staff. And Podium Mozaïek in Amsterdam West is looking for a hospitality partner.
McDonald’s will introduce new products this summer in the Netherlands, including the Milk Shake Tropical, McFlurry Maltesers, (Veggie) McWrap Greek and Pop Dots. And in London, the Prada Caffé has opened, an ultra-stylish ‘caffé’ in Harrods. A pop-up until early 2024.
The ‘Do good’ initiative of the ‘The Present Movement’ received an investment from the Start Foundation for scaling up their homeless program ‘ROOM FOR CHANGE’. This program helps economically homeless people who are temporarily accommodated in hotels.
The Michelin stars have been published in Germany. Chef Jan Hartwig was immediately awarded 3 Michelin stars in his new restaurant JAN. And spotted in America: the first ‘Rule the Drive-Thru’ game show from Checkers® & Rally’s®.
Le Macaron mania spreads in the USA | Multiple new locations
7-4-2023
Le Macaron, the leading French Pastries and Macaron franchise in the United States, announced the upcoming openings of three new locations this spring in Traverse City, Michigan, Gaithersburg, Maryland, and Tampa, Florida, with an additional 8-10 locations planned by the end of summer. As the #1 macaron franchise with more than 75 locations nationwide, the popular French patisserie is enjoying steady expansion as successful franchisees scramble to open multiple locations and new owners hold grand openings for shops, kiosks in malls, or food trucks.
Box Sociaal opens a new Australian-style Bruncheria in the Jordaan and in Rotterdam
6-4-2023
Opening – In the year that Box Sociaal in the Plantage neighbourhood in Amsterdam-East celebrates its fifth anniversary, the Box Sociaal family is expanding with a Box Sociaal Jordaan at Bloemgracht 47 in Amsterdam in the old premises of restaurant L’invité. In addition, Rotterdam can start looking forward to a Box Sociaal at the 2e Middellandstraat 5b, this restaurant is under renovation and will open by the end of this summer.
Special Easter eggs from The Entourage Group
3-4-2023
It is almost Easter and with this in mind, The Entourage Group has created special Easter eggs for all its restaurants. All special Easter eggs have their own colour, filling and flavour linked to the restaurants. You can also take all the Easter eggs home with you!
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SLA opens new location in Leiden
31-3-2023
From now on, Leiden can also enjoy “the magic of veggies” with all the healthy and delicious things SLA has to offer. The fast-growing fast casual concept SLA is expanding nationwide and has opened a 14th location in the center of Leiden. Together with franchisees Berre and Munur, SLA opened the first of a series of new branches on Maarsmansteeg in Leiden.
La Nostra Gigi in Amsterdam - credits David @Todaysbrew
La Nostra Gigi in Amsterdam - credits David @Todaysbrew
La Nostra Gigi in Amsterdam - credits David @Todaysbrew
La Nostra Gigi in Amsterdam - credits David @Todaysbrew
La Nostra Gigi - credits NITRO Amsterdam
La Nostra Gigi - credits NITRO Amsterdam
La Nostra Gigi - credits NITRO Amsterdam
La Nostra Gigi - credits NITRO Amsterdam
