https://crystal.castle.cc/tag/expansion/ Recent content in Expansion on adventures of an omnomnomnivore in NYC Hugo en-US Thu, 06 Dec 2012 12:26:19 -0500 https://crystal.castle.cc/2012/12/06/how-to-build-a-restaurant-empire/ Thu, 06 Dec 2012 12:26:19 -0500 https://crystal.castle.cc/2012/12/06/how-to-build-a-restaurant-empire/ <p><a href="https://crystal.castle.cc/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/img_4168.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-1844"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" src="https://crystal.castle.cc/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/img_4168.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="450" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-1844" /></a></p> <p>So you&#8217;ve created a wildly successful restaurant, and you&#8217;re just beginning to have some semblance of stability and free time again. Is it time to expand and build another location? At last night&#8217;s <a href="http://culintro.com/events/68/" target="_blank">Culintro panel on restaurant expansion</a>, three prominent chefs tackled that question and more. <a href="http://www.missionchinesefood.com/" target="_blank">Danny Bowien</a> (Mission Chinese), <a href="http://www.pokpokny.com" target="_blank">Andy Ricker</a> (Pok Pok) and <a href="http://www.altamareagroup.com/" target="_blank">Michael White</a> (Marea, Ai Fiori, Osteria Morini, Nicoletta) collectively shared their insights and mused on why anyone would decide to &#8220;go do the hardest thing in the world—open a restaurant in New York.&#8221; </p>