Goldbelly is a curated online marketplace for regional and artisanal foods crafted by local food purveyors throughout the United States....Founded as 'Goldbely' by Joe Ariel, the company began its operation from a townhouse in Noe Valley in San Francisco with a four-person team of Ariel, Trevor Stow, Vanessa Torrivilla and Joel Gillman.[5][6][7][8] The site accepted into Y-Combinator in 2013.[9] Time Magazine named Goldbelly one of the 50 Best Websites of 2013.[10] In 2013, Goldbelly closed on $3 million seed funding led by Intel Capital.
In 2017 the company moved its headquarters from San Francisco to New York City.[13] In October 2018, the company changed their name from Goldbely (with one L) to Goldbelly (with two Ls), raised $20 million in Series B funding led by Enlightened Hospitality Investments, the fund formed by Danny Meyer's Union Square Hospitality Group, and had Danny Meyer join the company's advisory board.
Meyer was born and raised in a reform Jewish family in St. Louis,[1] where he attended John Burroughs School. As a child Meyer attended Camp Nebagamon for boys in Lake Nebagamon, Wisconsin. During college Meyer worked for his father as a tour guide in Rome and then returned to Rome to study international politics. Meyer was a Brother of Alpha Delta Phi while at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. After graduating from Trinity in 1980 with a degree in political science,[2] Meyer worked in Chicago as Cook County Field Director for John Anderson's 1980 independent presidential campaign.
In 1985, at age 27, Meyer opened his first restaurant, Union Square Cafe.[4] Meyer's other restaurants and businesses include Gramercy Tavern, Blue Smoke and Jazz Standard, Shake Shack, The Modern, Cafe 2 and Terrace 5 at MoMA, Maialino at the Gramercy Park Hotel, Untitled at the North End Grill, Marta, Porchlight, GreenRiver, Union Square Events, and Hospitality Quotient.[5] Union Square Events, USHG's catering division, operates several concessions at major sports facilities including Citi Field, Saratoga Race Course, and Nationals Park.
In 2010, Meyer suffered his first restaurant closure, Tabla. In a statement, Meyer blamed the closure on the specificity of the Indian cuisine offered by the restaurant. [7] That same year, Meyer participated in a documentary called "The Restaurateur".[
Meyer has served on the boards of Share Our Strength and City Harvest.[19] In addition, he served as Co-Chair of the Union Square Partnership for 5 years[20] and as an executive committee member for NYC & Co and the Madison Square Park Conservancy.
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MercurysBall2 ago
@fogdryer and @ORDOTEMPLIINTERNETIS you might be interested in some of what I am about to share:
from Union Square Hospitality Group's instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CBy4k8Jh086/
I was looking for posts on Union Square:
https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/2316139
Black Lives Matter leader Charles Wade charged with sex trafficking - https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/may/19/charles-wade-black-lives-matter-leader-charged-wit/
Operation Help https://operationhelpstcroix.org/
https://www.rivertowns.net/news/999074-hudson-board-incumbent-president-van-loenen-bumped-school-board-tuesdays
Mary Blanchard is with the Hudson Rotary Club https://hudsonrotaryclub.org/speakers/9fe605cc-5e8a-4822-b845-79b89aad9ca8
http://archive.is/wip/pp9A6
Did someone say TA Truck Stop? [See: The Silvestri family which ran Casa de Campo resort are now in Plano TX. Links to an art gallery and Travel Centers of America and the hospitality ratlines]
Tim Sackett, the trucker's chaplain - https://www.rivertowns.net/lifestyle/faith/977207-tim-sackett-truckers-chaplain
OKAY, now I found a Mary Blanchard in the Dominican Republic. She is older than the Blanchard in Wisconsin but I'm wondering if there is a family relationship. But given the Casa de Camp post which found links to TA Truck Stops I am including the following:
Foundation Celebrates the Completion of the Together Campaign - https://www.supportdominican.org/donor-appreciation-
The Santa Cruz Medical Group, Inc. are involved with the Dominican hospital too..
https://imgur.com/a/vetOe95 Harry and Mary Blanchard with the Hyatt Family, the Santa Cruz County and Windy Oaks Estates sponsored The Art of Nature Virtual Exhibit at the Santa Cruz Museum https://www.santacruzmuseum.org/the-art-of-nature-virtual-exhibit/
Carolyn Hyatt is a supporter of the hospital : https://www.supportdominican.org/file/focus-on-health/2014-Spring.pdf
Interesting because Dr. Silvestri who ran Casa de Campo was previously Hyatt International’s Director for Mexico and https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/3977605/25201220 :
and this comment links them back to BLM : https://voat.co/v/whatever/3943198/24904420:
and there's a Hyatt link back to London and elites there https://voat.co/v/thinkdrafts/3912619/24626603:
MercurysBall2 ago
Dominican Hospital part of Dignity Health..
Dignity Health launches program to assist human trafficking victims - https://ktar.com/story/2167267/dignity-health-launches-program-to-assist-human-trafficking-victims/