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RESTAURANT DEPOT OPENING
Restaurant Depot Opening Port Chester, NY PORT CHESTER, NY- EYE was on hand to watch Port Chester’s deputy mayor join business leaders and local leaders last month for a ribbon-cutting marking the opening of Restaurant Depot in Port Chester. The wholesaler occupies a 78,000-square foot warehouse at 305 S. Regent St. in Port Chester, bringing business back to a property that had long been vacant. Deputy Mayor Joseph Kenner joined Restaurant Depot CEO Stanley Fleishman for a ribbon cutting ceremony as a group of local representatives looked on. “The Restaurant Depot furthers many important Village goals: revitalizing older industrial buildings, creating jobs for Port Chester residents, stabilizing taxes and strengthening our well deserved reputation as the restaurant capital of Westchester,” Kenner said. “It is especially encouraging that thirty-nine of the fifty-five jobs created by the project were filled by Port Chester residents.” EYE notes
Restaurant Depot’s Larry Cohen [R] made heartfelt comments as he dedicated the firm’s 88th store.
having attended multiple Restaurant Depot openings that the community doesn’t wait for the ceremony, they were waiting in the parking lot for the store to open. Among first day customers was Greenwich Corporate dining guru John Ressa who told EYE: “I don’t shop at Depot, I buy at Depot, I know what I need and I fill my u-boat and get on with my day.” In earlier meetings about the project, planners said local traffic impact would be minimal and restricted to commercial vehicles making deliveries and picking up supplies. EYE loved the specialty fish boutique housed inside the new store. Restaurant Depot was founded by Jerry Cohen in 1990 in Elmhurst. EYE is always fascinated by Depot’s ability to mix the “food” and “equipment and supply communities.” Once again it was fascinating to visit with the staff of the new RD which included a former Chefs and CIA graduate.
Port Chester community officials joined Restaurant Depot’s Stanley Fleishman in cutting the ribbon to open the new store.
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TFS publisher Fred Klashman (R] found the crew from Stamford’s Café Silvium in the ‘Depot Seafood Department.
The newest Restaurant Depot in Port Chester brings aisles and aisles of food and equipment and supply values to the Westchester and Lower Fairfield County food service professional.
Local restaurateurs couldn’t wait to take advantage of the new Restaurant Depot’s savings.
The food brokerage community led by Invision’s Rob Munro (L) celebrated the debut of the new store.
Lehr McKeown’s Rob McKeown, Matt Lobman of AdCraft, Restaurant Depot’s Larry Rosenthal and Michael Posternak