May 22, 2013 @ 7:34 am By SF Business Times  |  

Using Kickstarter to crowdfund new San Francisco restaurant and food projects is officially a thing. Just this week, Linea Caffe launched a project seeking $10,000 to open a new coffee and waffles joint in the Mission, while Café St. Jorge, another café-bakery, hopes to raise $30,000 by the middle of next month. Sandbox Bakery in Bernal Heights… Read More

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May 4, 2013 @ 12:32 pm By Atlanta Journal Constitution  |  

The internet age has changed a lot of things about the restaurant industry, like the immediate public feedback from crowdsourced review sites like Yelp, to online ordering, the rise of food bloggers…ahem… and the connection restaurant owners can make with patrons through social media like Twitter and Facebook. And another information-age invention is continuing to… Read More

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April 23, 2013 @ 5:01 pm By CFI Correspondent  |  

Foodstart.com Launches New Restaurant Financing Platform. Foodstart.com, the first crowdfunding site designed just for the food-and-beverage industry, opened its virtual doors today.  Restaurant and food truck owners now can raise capital online in small increments from their extended community of friends, family, and future customers. Only instead of a cash return, backers receive perks and… Read More

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March 22, 2013 @ 5:32 am By Patch  |  

Clayton and Maplewood businesses have discovered crowdfunding—fundraising that utilizes public support rather than traditional investors—and are making it work to their advantage. The tactic is generally used by artists and community groups to raise funds for new projects. This month fans of the canceled show Veronica Mars raised $2 million toward shooting a new movie in just one… Read More

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January 26, 2013 @ 6:02 am By WFPL  |  

Gabe Sowder’s first year as chef and owner of Taco Punk was rough. But Sowder has hope — and thousands of dollars worth of faith in the customers who have kept Taco Punk afloat. Sowder launched a Kickstarter campaign Wednesday to raise $20,000 by Feb. 22 for his Mexican fast-casual restaurant on East Market Street in the… Read More

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December 4, 2012 @ 5:35 am By News Observer  |  

Caroline Morrison and Siobhan Southern are tired of salads. And, they suspect, so are the rest of Raleigh’s vegetarians. “We wanted somewhere to eat here,” said Southern, a vegan who is pairing up with Morrison to start what they say is Raleigh’s only all-vegetarian restaurant, a hub called “Fiction Kitchen” that will feature dishes such… Read More

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November 21, 2012 @ 3:01 am By Chicago Phoenix  |  

Pie Hole Pizza Joint, a popular Boystown eatery at 3477 N. Broadway St., plans to expand to a second location in the Andersonville neighborhood after asking the community to financially support the project. Owner Doug Brandt will begin working on a new Pie Hole location at 5001 N. Clark St. now that he’s secured a… Read More

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November 6, 2012 @ 6:14 am By JD Alois  |  

Dubai is not known for being lean. “Because the Gulf is such a new region, everything is geared towards big imported brands,” says Mohamed Parham Al Awadhi of Wild Peeta. “They’re the gold standard.” At Tuscan-themed Mercato Mall in Dubai where we’re chatting, everything is large and foreign; we’re eating at French chain Paul  next to… Read More

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October 22, 2012 @ 8:46 pm By JD Alois  |  

  Last fall, shortly after his business turned four, George Christakos decided it was time to expand. He wanted to boost the seating capacity of Brooklyn Warehouse, the north-end Halifax restaurant he co-owns with his father, Leo. Renovation plan in hand, the pair visited their bank to seek a loan. The request was rejected. “They… Read More

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October 20, 2012 @ 9:40 am By JD Alois  |  

  (Staff Translation) A 20 hl stainless barrel, a pair of binoculars, a manual refractometer, a digital thermometer, a hop filter, a must aerator…… a rather strange inventory, forming part of the necessary materials Thierry Roche requires to produce his artisanal beers in the heart of Barbes in Paris.  These tools were financed by 176 internet… Read More

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October 4, 2012 @ 4:49 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding In The Kitchen – Seattle Chefs Collaborative National Sustainable Food Summit 2012 from Gregory Heller

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