Introduction to Food & Beverage Management HMGT 1102 Fall 2013

Early Bird Foods & Company was found by Nekisia Davis in Brooklyn, NY. She believed in flavor and pure whole foods, which caused her to create the granola company. Early Bird Granola is baked in tiny batches using olive oil, salt, and love.  Their motto is “Our Granola: it looks good, because it is good.” There are many different types of granola sold, such as “The Threesome,” “Haulin Oats,” and “Farmshands Choice” among other flavors. They do not have a set location but are offered in stores across Brooklyn and other boroughs. You can order online or pick it up in one of the local Brooklyn locations.

P & H Soda Co was founded by Anton Nocito in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. This Soda Fountain is one of less than 10 in NYC, and less than 500 in the US. Nocito began his business based off the belief that soda should be a special treat, for both adults and children! According to Nocito, too many companies are adding artificial sweeteners to their sodas. He takes pride in hand-crafting all of his soda’s syrups from the best ingredients (many organic!). The process of making the syrup involves the mixture of sweeteners, water, and a flavor- and the flavor can be almost anything! Spices, juices, or even flowers are used to create his syrups. The four most popular soda flavors in Nocito’s store include Hibiscus, Lime, Cream, and Ginger. What drives Nocito is the desire to make something really, really good for his customers. All syrup and soda is made and bottled on-site! So, for someone with a sweet tooth who doesn’t need that extra guilt P & H Soda Co. is the perfect place to visit.

Above: Anton Nocito 

Spicy n’ Sweet is a modern family business. They focus on cooking delicious food from around the globe with local products. Their main product is tomato sauce. They hand jar all their products in small batches, using fresh ingredients available locally from New York, and New Jersey farms. Spicy n’ sweet is owned by Nonna Carolina, her son Michel and Jorge. Nonna was born in Italy and learned how to cook in by her Grandmother. She came to Brooklyn in the 1970’s bringing everything she learned with her. She would grow her own herbs and ingredients right from her back yard. Most of their products are from farms but they are also grown in her garden. Spicy n’ Sweet focus was to bring the global taste to New York with fresh local products. Nothing is better than having that home cooked taste.

http://www.spicynsweet.com/Spicy_n_Sweet/Artisanal,_Small_Batch_Tomato_Sauces.html

Brooklyn Brine is located on 574 President st, Brooklyn NY. There are known for their uniquely flavor pickled vegetables, specifically pickles. Brooklyn Brine Co. was founded in 2009. However they have recently opened their Brooklyn factory in May of this year. Prior to Brooklyn Brine opening their very first factory, they were sharing production space with other businesses. Their pickles are barrel fermented in whiskey barrels from Finger Lake Distilling Co. Their pickles cost about $8 a jar and they also sell pickle kits which are $12 so you can make your own pickles.

www.brooklynbrine.com

The Brooklyn Salsa Company produces salsa from organic, locally sourced fresh produce in Brooklyn. Today the company is represented by more than 10 national and 3 international distributors but it was launched in Brunswick, Brooklyn in 2008 as a sauce supplier for tacos. The founders Rob Behnke, Matt Burns and Casey Gilbertson expanded their business by experimenting with different tastes and flavors on their kitchen. The most popular items are the Green, the Pure, the Tropical, the Curry, the Hot and the Mole. Only in Brooklyn these and other products are available in over a hundred locations. BK Salsa has a creative website with interesting recipes. Their website also showcases Brooklyn artists and musicians.

http://www.bksalsa.com

Brooklyn Winery is located on 213 N 18th St. Brooklyn, New York 11211. “Their founders who were raised in Brooklyn were looking for places to make win and that was Jersey, they needed a place to sell their wine and Brooklyn was the best choice. They chose Brooklyn because it has a large community of people who enjoy food and wine. With the economy boosting, people would like visit.” Brooklyn’s winery does events, sells wine and has its own wine bar. Its co-founders Brian Leventhal and John Stires decided to open this local business.

www.bkwinery.com

Uncle Batchagalouppe is a provider of authentic Italian product made in Brooklyn, located in 222 Wakeman Place. Uncle Batchagalouppe creates authentic Italian cookies, always freshly made in small batches just like in an Italian kitchen. Uncle Batchagalouppe is currently owned by his nephew award winning celebrity chef, Vincent Tropepe. Chef Tropepe was tought by his uncle the secrets of making his authentic Italian cookies and now chef Tropepe is making new flavors yet keeping the authenticity of the Italian cookies.

Uncle Batchagalouppe’s Old World Cookie Chest

http://www.unclebklyn.com/

Mama O’s Premium Kimchi is a company in Brooklyn that offers a variety of gourmet Kimchi, Kimchi Paste and homemade DIY Kimchi Kits. According to Kheedim from Mama O’s, “Mama O’s is currently in the Pfizer building.” Kheedim also mentions that “even the name of Brooklyn has a lot of cache especially when it comes to artisnal foods.” Mama O’s has different types of Kimchi flavors, but their original Premium Kimchi is made with fish sauce. It is all natural, anti-inflammatory, and full of probiotics. The other Kimchi flavors that Mama O’s offers is Kosha Kimchi, which is a Kimchi for vegans and super spicy Kimchi.

http://www.kimchirules.com/

BrooklynHardCandy,a craft American candy company, was built from using the best ingredients to make the finest product which was started by two friends  Nathan Panum and Daniel Mowles was in 2010. Nathan realized that no one was making hard candy from scratch locally. Made with modern formulas but handcrafted with old school techniques, the candies are made in copper candy kettles  in small batches. Nathan and Daniel made a system of rolling instead of pulling, that traps air into the warm, flexible candy that are made in long strands, then cutting them into bite-size pieces that harden as they cool. There 12 different flavors from wild berry to ginger that price at $8 each. BrooklynHardCandy are sold in recyclable packaging that made in the USA.

http://www.brooklynhardcandy.com/

People’s Pop is located at 808 Union St, Brooklyn.  People’s Pop is a seasonal shop, they are located at Brooklyn only on summer.  When winter hits the business Winter Warmers takes over the shop until summer comes back. People’s Pop is a small business that creates ice pops and shave ice with fresh pricked fruit.

http://www.peoplespops.com/peoples_pops.html