NYC chef-owner Burke to debut at Bloomingdale's

Nation's Restaurant News, August 8, 2005

NEW YORK -- Chef-restaurateur David Burke said he will open a 2,500-square-foot, dual-concept restaurant in the Bloomingdale's department store here in November.

David Burke at Bloomingdale's will have its own 59th Street entrance and will feature a fast-casual format and a coffee-wine-and-liquor bar. Burke anticipates a check average of $10 to $15 in the fast-casual section, which will offer sandwiches, soups, salads, meat dishes, a pasta or risotto of the day and Asian-style dumplings.

The bar will offer high-end coffees, pastries, tapas, soups, salads, sandwiches and such items as "lobster sticks," "baby sliders," baby calzones and pizzettes, Burke said.