Mark Payne
New York, NY (USA)
Role(s):
Founder/Owner/Principal
Tremé Creole Café & Jazz Lounge
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Location:
Yonkers
Industry:
Hospitality
Year Founded:
2009
Number Employees:
50-100 people
Business Stage:
Creation/Idea
Entity Type:
Limited Liability Company
Description:
Tremé Creole Cafe & Jazz Lounge, Yonkers is a combined space totaling 16k square feet and featuring two separate rooms for one GREAT venue, bringing world-class entertainment and authentic Creole/Soul fusion cuisine together in an area of Westchester County, NY that boasts 4M residents and is the 3rd largest city in New York State. Located just 26 minutes from Grand Central Station by train, Yonkers' riverfront district, where tremé will reside in its historical landmark Trolley Barn building which has been remodeled with 2 floors of live/work lofts space above and a massive retail space on the ground floor, steps away from the Metro North Yonkers Station platform.
Managing partner and acting GM, Mark Payne, former manager of famed restaurateur Danny Meyer's Blue Smoke and Jazz Standard Restaurant and Jazz Club, has assembled a team of the very best in their related fields of hospitality, food, music, design and Public Relations.
With authentic, rich and complex Creole dishes one would normally have to travel to New Orleans to find, along with standard spicy Cajun dishes one expects as well as amazing healthier menu choices, Tremé will bring to Yonkers (and New York City & surrounding areas) a restaurant like no other. With virtually no competition locally or indeed no equal anywhere in the region and with our ace promotional team, Tremé fully expects to be a certified and immediate hit, both with locals and NYC and international tourists alike.