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(Creating Culinary Communities), a revolutionary food and beverage platform founded by Sam Nazarian, and Graduate Hotels
®, a collection of handcrafted hotels in dynamic university markets founded by Ben Weprin, today announce the launch of Graduate Food Hall. A new delivery-focused, hybrid digital kitchen concept, Graduate Food Hall powered by C
3 will debut within Graduate properties in the first quarter of 2021, with plans to roll out to a majority of Graduate locations across the country by end of year.
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3 will assume daily operations of all on premise food service across the Graduate properties. An industry first, this digital food hall concept effectively injects C
Press Release27 January 2021
C3 and Graduate Hotels® Announce Launch of Graduate Food Hall, a New Delivery-Focused Digital Kitchen Dining Concept
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3, to launch in six Graduate Hotels properties by mid-2021, with plans to expand to Graduate properties across the U.S. by end of year
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(Creating Culinary Communities), a revolutionary food and beverage platform founded by Sam Nazarian, and Graduate Hotels
®, a collection of handcrafted hotels in dynamic university markets founded by Ben Weprin, today announce the launch of Graduate Food Hall. A new delivery-focused, hybrid digital kitchen concept, Graduate Food Hall powered by C
One of the beauties of visiting a food hall is that you don t have to settle on one cuisine. Now, there s a way to visit a food hall without the crowds.
Graduate Hotels, a collection of hotels near universities across the U.S., teamed up with C3 (Creating Culinary Communities), a new food and beverage platform, to create the Graduate Food Hall. This delivery-focused, digital kitchen concept will feature dine-in options within Graduate Hotels lobbies and gathering areas, as well as delivery and take-out, focusing on the unique needs of students, guests, and the surrounding community. College students are deeply connected to app culture and are already forgoing dining halls for meal delivery. Graduate Food Hall serves as a natural extension of the campus experience and introduces students to C3 s restaurants, creating an emotional connection to these brands that they can enjoy long after they graduate. They become part of the social fabric of university life, said Sam Nazarian,
The locations will also serve as host kitchens for multiple virtual brands
SBE Entertainment Group’s C3 (Creating Culinary Communities) on Tuesday announced plans to convert 22 locations of Specialty’s Café and Bakery acquired in an asset sale into a new brick-and-mortar concept called EllaMia.
Specialty’s Café and Bakery Inc., based in Pleasanton, Calif., filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy on May 27. At the time of closing, the chain had 41 leased units mostly in the Western U.S.
In its bankruptcy filing, the company blamed the COVID-related shutdown for destroying the chain’s niche market, which included operating near busy office parks. Since March, many workers are working remotely, leaving those office parks empty. Another company, Sparges LLC, purchased several other Specialty’s Cafe and Bakery units during the sale, according to court documents.