Business Insider/Jessica Tyler
- On a recent episode of ABC’s “Shark Tank,” Mark Cuban and Barbara Corcoran invested in avocado-based Brooklyn eatery Avocaderia. Each investor offered $ 200,000 for a 10% stake, giving the restaurant a $ 2 million valuation.
- The Brooklyn-based restaurant serves a wide variety of dishes that all use avocado, seeing success since day one with millennials lining up to get a taste of the avocado dishes.
- To understand the hype around the soon-to-be-chain restaurant, I went there for myself to try out some of its avocado-based dishes.
On February 11, “Shark Tank” investors Mark Cuban and Barbara Corcoran invested a combined $ 400,000 for a 20% stake in the Brooklyn eatery Avocaderia. The fast-casual restaurant, founded by the Italian trio of Alessandro Biggi, Francesco Brachetti, and Alberto Gramini, is making the most of the millennial avocado craze by serving avocado-based salads, sandwiches, bowls, smoothies, and desserts.
Biggi came up with the idea just two years ago, when he was based in Seattle. “I wasn’t the best chef … but one thing I could make was avocado toast,” Biggi told Business Insider.
He called Brachetti, living in Mexico at the time, and within a year the concept of opening “the world’s first avocado bar” had turned into a popular restaurant in Brooklyn. The restaurant has been successful since it started in 2017, running out of 200 ripe avocados within three hours on its opening day. On average, it serves around 250 people per day — that’s at least 25 cases of avocados per week.
The 450-square-foot Brooklyn location is just the start, with Biggi hoping to open 20 more locations in the next five years. He told Business Insider that in the next six to nine months, another two locations will be opening in Manhattan, starting in Chelsea. He said that in expansion, he hopes to “keep an authentic vibe” and continue “making people aware of healthy and good food … the key words are happy and healthy.”
I went to its Industry City, Brooklyn location and tried it out for myself — this is what I found:
The restaurant is located in the Industry City food hall in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.
Business Insider/Jessica Tyler
The restaurant itself is pretty small, and it’s open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Business Insider/Jessica Tyler
I got to the restaurant around 1 p.m., and the lunch-rush line nearly stretched out the door.
Business Insider/Jessica Tyler
See the rest of the story at Business Insider
See Also:
- We tried fried-fish sandwiches from every major fast-food chain — and the winner is clear
- We tried 2 hugely popular coastal salad chains that are being fueled by millions in VC money — and the winner is unmistakable
- Meghan Markle seems to be taking fashion cues from first daughter Ivanka Trump instead of Kate Middleton — and it could be key to her success
SEE ALSO: This chain wants to be the McDonald’s of vegan fast food — here’s what it’s like to eat there
