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Restaurant Associates is recognized as the nation’s premier hospitality company, operating over 100 prestigious locations. Restaurant Associates, based in New York City, provides premium food services to museums, performing arts centers, aquariums, corporate dining, educational facilities and off-premise catering events in New York City, Boston, Hartford, Atlanta, Washington D.C., Philadelphia and Toronto.
Corporate & Educational Dining Services
Restaurant Associates operates a crème-de-la-crème portfolio of corporate accounts spanning a variety of industries including publishing and media, advertising, banking and financial, technology, beauty and fashion, sports, law firms and educational facilities. Our exclusive and proprietary list is well over 100 accounts. Our cafés have won numerous awards including Harvard Medical School for Best Menu, Café 57 at Hearst Publications for Best New Facility and Restaurant Associates’ “Hot Out of the Oven” concept for Best Menu, all awarded from Food Management Magazine.
Our commitment to upscale corporate dining has led the way to develop the following successful culinary programs: New York Steakhouse, Tapas, Indian, Middle Eastern, American Melts, Mediterranean, Dim Sum and Summer Clambake. Using local food festivals and seasonal specialties to enhance the café menus, the culinary team constantly surprises our customers with new menu items and culinary trends. Acknowledging the ongoing trends with nutrition, Restaurant Associates has enlisted registered dietitians to showcase our wellness program, Balanced Choices, and explain its importance with Wellness Awareness Days.
Cultural Dining Services
We strive to provide world class dining at the world class venues we have the privilege of being located in. We provide unforgettable dining occasions that are unique to each of our museum, performing arts center and aquarium partners that complement the venue and exhibits that the customers have chosen to visit. From afternoon tea at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, to a Provence-themed menu at the National Gallery of Art, to the National Museum of the American Indian’s Mitsitam café offering a menu based on the indigenous foods and culinary traditions of five regions of the American Indians, we offer a variety of distinct dining options for our guests.
Catering by Restaurant Associates
Catering by Restaurant Associates is one of the premier caterers for corporate, social and fundraising events. Whether at one of our exclusive locations such as the American Museum of Natural History to an off-premise location, they are a favorite among the luxury goods, fashion, movie and cosmetic industries. Some of the spectacular events that Catering by RA has catered recently have included the National Design Awards Gala, HBO movie premieres for John Adams and The Flight of the Conchords, The Kennedy Center Honors and First Lady Laura Bush’s Global Literacy event.
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