Kobeyaki

About the offering

Kobeyaki is a chain of New York area Japanese fast casual restaurants. There are currently four thriving Kobeyaki locations. This is your chance to take part in the success of the fifth. At KOBEYAKI, we have a fresh approach to Japanese cuisine by providing healthy, creative and delicious Japanese food - fresh made to order. Kobeyaki is the brainchild of an entrepreneurial trio: Brian Konopka is a chef and restaurateur with a storied resume which includes the kitchens of Le Cirque and El Bulli. Brian Kelly is a former NYC fire fighter and serial entrepreneur who created and operated numerous businesses throughout his career including a chain of coffee bars. Salvador Barrera is a professional chef whose career highlights include cooking in Japan and running the kitchens of Japanese restaurants for more than a decade. The trio combined the words ‘Kobe’ -- an area in Japan that’s home to high-grade beef -- and ‘Yaki’ -- the Japanese word for grill -- to name the venture, which serves top-quality food, hot off the grill, quicker than a sit-down restaurant. Kobeyaki’s dishes are fresh, simple, and thoughtfully prepared. We currently serve the NYC market with 4 locations with a diverse range of demographics. Chelsea - The thriving fashion district with a heavy concentration of new media businesses, residents and tourists. Bryant Park - One of most dense office markets in the country, near times square, and with abundant tourist traffic. Upper East Side - Regarded as of the wealthiest neighborhoods in the NYC, with a very dense and mostly residential population. Kobeyaki also operates a concession at Madison Square Garden which is located in the Midtown West area of Manhattan. Our parent has entered into a license agreement authorizing a food service operator at the JFK Airport in Queens County, NY to operate a Kobeyaki Restaurant at the British Airways Terminal in the Airport. That licensed location is not expected to open until early 2018.

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