Gastronomy & Food Service

Australia’s Fable Foods Arrives in the USA With Celebrated Vegan Restaurant Chain Beatnic

As part of World Vegan Month, the vegan restaurant chain formerly known as byChloe which rebranded as Beatnic this July, is partnering with Australia’s  Fable Food Co, to bring its mushroom-based meat products to the US for the first time. Headquartered in New York City, Beatnic operates ten restaurants in NY, Providence, and Boston.  “It’s incredibly exciting for us to bring our meaty mushrooms to the US market and be a part of Beatnic’s story as they continue to push the envelope and reimagine deliciously creative vegan food as we know it.” Fable products are made with Shiitake mushrooms and are created by fine-dining chef and mushroom scientist Jim Fuller, leveraging their nutritional benefits and natural umami flavors. The company closed a $6.5 million AUD …

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By CHLOE Rebrands to ‘Beatnic’ as it Enters New Chapter Following Bankruptcy

After the pandemic forced fast-casual restaurant by CHLOE into bankruptcy last year, the restaurant group is now rolling out a full rebrand at all locations. Now to be known by the name Beatnic, the brand will retain a similar menu and identity to its previous model.  It has been a bumpy ride for the vegan restaurant which was originally founded by television personality Chloe Coscarelli. She left the chain in 2016 before taking the brand to court over the use of her name. Owned by BC Hospitality Group, the company filed for bankruptcy in December 2020 as the pandemic hit the sector hard. In March of this year, the parent company of the chain agreed to sell the chain out of bankruptcy to a group …

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