Over one third of Americans say they would like to eat more meals prepared away from home than cooked at home. So, the U.S. home market is 33% under served. In 1996, for the first time, people ate more meals prepared away from home than cooked in the home. Today's busy consumers hit the streets with open minds and empty stomachs. At 4:00 p.m. 71% of the U.S. adult population does not know what they are having for dinner. Our society has cultivated an educated and intrigued culinary public. Food magazines, food channels, cooking vacations, celebrity chefs and increased leisure travel have contributed to a large constituency of food enthusiasts. Here are some frequently asked questions about this growing trend and Foodies Kitchen®: What is Foodies Kitchen®?
Foodies Kitchen® is a world class market for meals. It's a whole new way to shop for meals. A wide variety of restaurant-quality prepared meals will be offered daily. Foodies Kitchen® is the answer to busy people's daily breakfast, lunch and dinner dilemmas. Is it a restaurant or grocery store?
discount hotels in CologneFoodies Kitchen is a meals market with a visual menu and a self serve café. Like a grocery we have great fresh foods for preparing a meal at home, and like a restaurant our chefs prepare meals as you order. Meals are presented in the platter case forming a visual menu with a vast array of options. What is a Meals Market?
If the French Market in its heyday were enclosed and combined with a modern Soalri’s — that’s Foodies Kitchen. We call it A Meals Market. It’s a whole new way to shop for meals — it’s a third way: 1. Restaurants 2. Groceries 3. A Meals Market In some ways it’s a return to your friendly neighborhood market where you know the chef as well as the butcher. Solari’s was a food market before stores had to start carrying paper goods and shampoo, canned goods, batteries, and hair dryers. Foodies Kitchen has not of that — it allows us to focus on one thing - - Food. We’re not grocers, we’re restaurateurs. We cook meals for you. We know New Orleans has always had great cooks. So, the bar continues to rise in New Orleans. People around the country are coming back to their regional cuisine; New Orleans never left it. Since you can’t go to Commander’s Palace every night, and you want to eat quality food at home come to Foodies Kitchen. We are on a mission to improve all those other non-restaurant meals, even the meals eaten in a huge rush! You can stop by and choose from over 100 different options daily. Ready to heat or eat, without the wait or the waiter. For the serious cook this is a great market with locally sourced produce, stocks, great meat and seafood — even mis en place. To others it’s a great meal fast or to go, for today or for tomorrow. Can I sit down and be served?
We have limited seating inside and outside but the café is self-service. We want you to save the time and money involved in dealing with waitstaff. Do you have a menu you can give me?
Instead of menus, the meals are presented on platters in our chef’s cases. Our menu changes daily and all the options are visually presented for you to choose from. Do you cater?
Yes, we cater food but not service. We have catering menus available as well as special seasonal menus available. We can also prepare most items in the store with a few days notice. The chef at the platter case can go over the options with you. Do you deliver?
Presently for a $10 delivery fee we deliver purchases over $100. How many prepared meals will be available daily?
There will be over 100 meal options, freshly prepared meals and meals packaged "to go." Commander's Palace turtle soup, seared tuna salad, crawfish pie, muffalettas, chicken Cobb sandwiches, roast beef "debris" sandwiches, double stuffed pork chops, buttermilk pecan rotisserie chicken, crab cakes, stuffed eggplant, meatloaf and house made Worcestershire, four cheese macaroni, to name a few. What else can I buy at Foodies Kitchen®?
Foodies Kitchen® will offer one-stop shopping for today's busy consumers. Visitors will find hand-crafted artisan breads, foccacio, sourdough, crusty French breads, baguettes, cookies, muffins, scones, Foodies Kitchen®'s own blend of New Orleans roasted coffee, wines, over 100 cheeses and the old style Solari's pickle barrels. You can shop for fresh produce, fresh cut flowers, and from a full service deli, as you watch bakers prepare and bake fresh breads thoughout the day. What can the shopper expect to see at Foodies Kitchen®?
It looks like nothing you've ever seen. Imagine a restaurant with no waiters and no walls around the kitchen. Everywhere you look there are chefs ready to prepare your order, serve your selection or just assisst you on the spot with culinary advice. It's one 8,000 square foot kitchen with a wonderful market, great meat and seafood and a full-scale bakery. What makes Foodies Kitchen® different from grocery meals to go?
We're restauranteurs, not grocers. Most groceries don't have chefs. At Foodies Kitchen® there will be 40 chefs on staff. Meals will be prepared daily and served the day they are prepared. Meals will be fresh and made with the finest ingredients. Will it be expensive?"
The food will be sophisticated but approachable. The prices will be reasonable with meals starting in the $4.00 to $5.00 range. Who's behind this meal revolution in New Orleans?
The Commander's Palace Family comes from a culture of quality, and has provided fine dining experiences in New Orleans and Houston for decades. Foodies Kitchen® is the brainchild of Commander's Palace restaunteur Ti Martin. She will be at the helm of the project with a fine eye to detail that is the trademark of the Brennan family. | 
