Starr Restaurants Explained

Starr Restaurants, stylized as STARR Restaurants, is a restaurant group headed by founder and CEO Stephen Starr, with restaurants in Philadelphia, New York City, Washington D.C., South Florida, and Paris, France.

Overview

Starr Restaurants has been recognized as "one of the largest multiconcept operators in the country, with restaurants up and down the Eastern Seaboard, from New York to Miami" by the magazine Restaurant Hospitality.[1] The restaurants have been noted as having an emphasis on "theatrical details, like music, lighting and backdrops."[1] The magazine Travel + Leisure noted that "Starr [Restaurants] creates complete environments with an artistic, almost cerebral approach".[2] The majority of Starr Restaurants are distinct concepts, but some restaurants are reproduced in different cities, such as Buddakan and El Vez.[1]

History

In 1995, Stephen Starr founded Starr Restaurants,[3] and the company opened its first restaurant, "Continental Restaurant & Martini Bar" in September of that year in Center City, Philadelphia.[4] Mayor Ed Rendell said, "It was like a shock of electricity for the development of Old City and led the way for the restaurant revolution down there."[4] In the following years, Starr opened several more restaurants in Philadelphia.[5]

In 2006, Starr Restaurants expanded to New York and Atlantic City.[6] By 2009, there were 18 restaurants in the Starr portfolio, including one in Florida.[7] In 2013, Starr expanded to Washington, D.C., growing to 30 restaurants.[8] In 2016, Starr opened their first restaurant outside the United States, Chez La Vieille in Paris.[9]

Notable sales

Starr's catering operation, Starr Events, was sold to TrustHouse Services in August 2015 for $40 million.[10]

Awards

The head of Starr Restaurants, Stephen Starr, has been named "Restaurateur of the Year" by both Bon Appétit and Zagat."[6] [11] Starr was named the Richard Melman Innovator of the Year by Restaurant Hospitality in 2013.[1] In 2017, Starr won the James Beard Award for "Outstanding Restaurateur."[12]

The Starr Restaurant Le Coucou with chef Daniel Rose was named 2017 "Best New Restaurant" by the James Beard Foundation.[12] Le Coucou was also one of Food & Wine magazine's 2017 Restaurants of the Year.[13] The Clocktower with Jason Atherton received the first star for the Starr Restaurant group in the 2018 Michelin Guide.[14]

Restaurants

As of 2019, there were twenty Starr Restaurants in Philadelphia; seven in New York City; five in South Florida; two in Atlantic City, New Jersey; two in Washington, D.C.; and one in Paris, France.[15] [1] [13] The Atlantic City Restaurants closed in 2020.[16]

Philadelphia

The majority of Starr Restaurants, twenty, are located in Philadelphia. These restaurants include:

New York City

South Florida

Washington D.C.

Paris

Closed restaurants

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jennings. Lisa. 2017 RH 25: Starr Restaurants. www.restaurant-hospitality.com. 3 October 2017 . Restaurant Hospitality. 27 December 2017.
  2. Web site: Maroukian. Francine. The Philadelphia Experiment. 5 . Travel + Leisure. Time Inc.. 1 January 2015. September 2003.
  3. Web site: STARR Restaurants. LinkedIn.com. LinkedIn. 5 November 2017.
  4. News: Klein . Michael . The Continental at 20 . Philadelphia Inquirer . September 8, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150909215730/http://www.philly.com/philly/food/The_Continental.html . September 9, 2015.
  5. News: Dash . Eric . Pod emerges as newest campus restaurant . Daily Pennsylvanian . October 4, 2000.
  6. News: Fabricant . Florence . With 420 New Seats to Fill, Restaurateur Banks on Buzz . The New York Times . January 25, 2006.
  7. News: Stephen Starr Restaurant Timeline . Philadelphia Magazine . September 28, 2009.
  8. News: Roberts . Roxanne . How Stephen Starr made Le Diplomate the hottest table in town . The Washington Post . March 4, 2014.
  9. News: Tramuta . Lindsey . Reviving an Old French Bistro, the American Way . The New York Times Style Magazine . December 6, 2016.
  10. Web site: Shelly. Jared. Business Editor. Philadelphia Magazine. 6 August 2015 . Philadelphia Magazine. 21 October 2015. catering.
  11. Web site: Fishman. Steve. Mr. Big Box. New York Magazine. New York Media LLC. 1 January 2015. 26 Nov 2007.
  12. Web site: Le Coucou Restaurateur Stephen Starr Wins Big at James Beard Awards. 2 May 2017 . 6 October 2017.
  13. News: Druckman . Charlotte . Nothing Is Easy When You're Stephen Starr—But That's Exactly How He Likes It . Food & Wine . May 7, 2018.
  14. Web site: Full List: The 2018 MICHELIN Guide NYC Results Announced. 30 October 2017.
  15. Web site: Restaurants. Starr Restaurants. Starr Restaurants. 22 February 2019.
  16. News: Klein . Michael . Stephen Starr closed his Atlantic City restaurants but still has plans for Philly . 8 April 2021 . www.inquirer.com . 8 October 2020 . en.
  17. News: Stephens . Regan . Stephen Starr Reflects on 20 Years of Buddakan, His Game-Changing Philadelphia Restaurant . Food & Wine . August 24, 2018.
  18. News: Klein . Michael . Stephen Starr and chef Peter Serpico are converting Pod into a 'kinda Korean' restaurant called KPod . The Philadelphia Inquirer . November 16, 2021.
  19. News: Klein . Michael . Douglas Rodriguez on 15 years at Alma de Cuba . Philadelphia Inquirer . June 29, 2016.
  20. News: Luezzi . Jennifer . The First Serving at Morimoto . New York Sun . January 25, 2006.
  21. News: Parc Review: The Second Coming . Philadelphia Magazine . October 22, 2008.
  22. News: Popp . Trey . Philadelphia Restaurant Review: Choose Your Own Adventure at Serpico . Philadelphia Magazine . August 29, 2013.
  23. News: Wells . Pete . Restaurant Review: Upland on Park Avenue South . The New York Times . January 13, 2015.
  24. News: Baker . Abbe . The First Day I Got My Michelin Stars: The Clocktower's Jason Atherton . Michelin Guide . 27 February 2018.
  25. News: Fabricant . Florence . Le Coucou Named Best New Restaurant at James Beard Awards . The New York Times . May 1, 2017.
  26. News: Alexa . Alexandra . In Gramercy's new Fotografiska museum, Verōnika restaurant takes a creative approach to preservation . 25 December 2020 . 6sqft . 28 January 2020.
  27. https://starr-restaurants.com/restaurants/bread-alley/
  28. News: Klein . Michael . That'll be a Starbucks at 22nd and South . Philadelphia Inquirer . May 5, 2016.
  29. News: Fabricant . Florence . A Philadelphian Restaurateur Flourishes in New York . 8 April 2021 . The New York Times . 11 June 2013.
  30. News: Questlove's Hybird Closes in Chelsea Market . 8 April 2021 . Grub Street . en-us.
  31. News: Etchells . Arthur . SquareBurger at Franklin Square Is Back with a New Operator . Philadelphia Magazine . March 29, 2016.

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