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^ 'Report: PLNT Burger Planning Major Expansion in 2021'.

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^ Teti-Zilinskas, Erica (30 September 2015).

^ 'Mayor Bowser Appoints Spike Mendelsohn to Chair District's Food Policy Council'.

^ 'The Michelle Melt: A turkey burger with a cause'.

'5 Dating Tips from Top Chef's Spike Mendelsohn'.

^ Hilmantel, Robin (14 September 2010).

^ ' 'Life After Top Chef' To Premiere October 3'.

^ 'Half of Next Iron Chef Competitors are CIA Grads'.

'SPIKE MENDELSOHN DISCUSSES HIS NEW EATERY AND 'TOP CHEF' '.

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Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation. 'Disabled activist files suit against Pepin Restaurant'. I tell people I am 'Gruish' because my mother is Greek and my father is Jewish. 'What Does It Mean To Be Jewish Today? What Do Jews Bring To The World?'. 'Spike Mendelsohn Will Close Bearnaise and Open a Taqueria in Its Place'. ^ 'Dawn Professional Teams With 'Top Chef' Star Spike Mendelsohn to Announce the $20,000 'Make Your Restaurant Shine' Winner' (Press release).In November 2020, PLNT Burger announced major brick-and-mortar expansion plans for 2021. In 2019, Mendelsohn opened PLNT Burger, a vegan restaurant featuring Beyond Meat, inside Whole Foods Market in Silver Spring, Maryland. In 2013, Mendelsohn supported Michelle Obama's Let's Move! initiative by featuring a White House Easter Egg Roll. The event is hosted by Florida International University's (FIU) School of Hospitality and Tourism Management. In February 2013, Mendelsohn hosted a celebrity chef beach volleyball tournament at the Food Network South Beach Wine and Food Festival, an annual wine and spirits event showcasing many of the world's top chefs, spirits producers, and culinary personalities. Mendelsohn and his associates featured traditional Jewish staples, like corned beef sandwiches and knishes. In March 2011, Mendelsohn and the Sixth & I Historic Synagogue began a lunchtime kosher food truck project, an idea inspired by the dearth of kosher delis in Washington.

Mendelsohn notes in an interview that 'my family has been in the business for centuries - my father, grandfather, and great-grandfather.' In 2008, Spike's family formed the Washington, D.C.-based Sunnyside Restaurant Group consisting of the restaurants 'Good Stuff Eatery,' 'We, The Pizza,' and 'Santa Rosa Taqueria.'

Mendelsohn has since worked for culinary chefs such as Gerard Boyer in Reims, France Thomas Keller of The French Laundry and Bouchon in Napa Valley, California Sirio Maccioni of Le Cirque and Drew Neiporent's Mai House in New York City. While studying at the institute, Mendelsohn began his friendship with American Chef Marcel Vigneron. In 2005, Mendelsohn graduated from the Culinary Institute of America. Young Mendelsohn worked at Pepin as 'busboy, dishwasher, pinch-hitting as a cook when short staffed.' Petersburg, Florida until its sale in 2004. Later, the family moved to Clearwater Beach, Florida. The family resided there for three and a half years, during which time he attended school in Marbella, Spain. In 1993, when Spike was thirteen years old, his family moved to Seville, Spain. His mother is Greek and his father is Jewish. until 2:30 p.m.īrunches: Somerville’s Thirsty Scholar launches brunch service on Saturday, April 9, with a Bloody Mary bar fried pork belly creamy grits a croissant breakfast sandwich and a fried chicken sandwich topped with garlic aioli.Mendelsohn was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Visit Tuesday through Friday from 11:30 a.m.

Lunches: Are business lunches back? Here’s a good sign: Financial District restaurant TRADE (540 Atlantic Ave.), helmed by chef Jody Adams, launches a return of lunch service, with tuna crudo bowls, chicken souvlaki, and burgers on the Mediterranean menu.

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They’ll also partner with food-rescue organization Lovin’ Spoonfuls, donating one Lovin’ Spoonfuls meal for every PLNTY meal (fries plus a drink) combo they sell. Their vegan menu offers a Beyond Meat cheeseburger sweet potato fries oat-based milkshakes and other healthy not-quite-fast food.

Noam Galai/Getty Images for NYCWFFĬoming soon: Remember “Top Chef” season 4 sensation Spike Mendelsohn? He’s opening PLNT Burger, a veggie-friendly (though vowel-unfriendly) fast-casual spot inside the Ink Block’s Whole Foods Market (348 Harrison Ave.). Michael Colletti and Spike Mendelsohn (right) of PLNT Burger attended the Blue Moon Burger Bash during the Food Network & Cooking Channel New York City Wine & Food Festival in New York City last year.

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