Questlove Announces Opening Date For New Restaurant Partnership With Stephen Starr

[Carleen Donovan]

Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson
Announces Opening Date For
New Restaurant Partnership with
Stephen Starr

"Hybird" to Open its Doors in

New York City's Famed Chelsea Market on May 18th

[cid:image002.jpg at 01CE5153.FDC5D7E0]Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson is proud to announce the opening date of Hybird, his new restaurant venture with renowned restaurateur Stephen Starr (Morimoto, Buddakan). The gourmet fast food eatery, which gets its name from a play on the word "hybrid," will feature ?uestlove's signature fried chicken, "Love's Drumsticks." The chicken, challenged to a duel on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon late last year by Momofuku's David Chang, will be the main menu item at Hybird. The menu is as diverse as the artist himself. Guests can pick up everything from Mornay's Truffled Egg Dumplings  to Tom Yum Cupcakes to a Watermelon-Jalapeño "Love Slush," for those hot summer days, served by Hybird staff who will be wearing custom designed shirts by New York based graphic artist, Filip Pagowski creator of the Comme Des Garcons PLAY logo.

?uestlove began his culinary excursion with "?uest Loves Food," off-premise catering for exclusive entertainment and food events, featuring Creole and Korean inspired soul food with a focus on locally sourced ingredients and "on-a-stick" decadence. Located in the Chelsea Market (75 Ninth Avenue in New York City) with a post- modern food truck-like facade, designed by Award-Winning South African architect, Lindy Roy, Hybird will open Saturday, May 18th at 10am. Hours of operation will be Monday-Saturday 10am-9pm and Sunday 10am-8pm.

About Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson
Drummer, DJ, producer, culinary entrepreneur, author and member of The Roots - Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson, is the unmistakable heartbeat of Philadelphia's most influential hip-hop group. He is also the Musical Director for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon where his beloved Roots crew serves as the house band. The 4-time GRAMMY award winning ensemble was recently just nominated for Best Rap Album for the 2011 release of undun. This brings the band's GRAMMY nomination count to twelve.

Beyond that, this GRAMMY award winning musician's indisputable reputation has landed him musical directing positions with everyone from D'Angelo to Eminem to Jay-Z.

About Starr Restaurants
Founded in 1995 by Stephen Starr, Philadelphia-based STARR Restaurants is one of the fastest growing multi-concept restaurant companies in the country. STARR Restaurants include Buddakan, Morimoto, The Continental, Barclay Prime, Continental Mid-Town, El Vez, Jones, Alma de Cuba, Pod, Parc, Butcher and Singer, Pizzeria Stella, El Rey, Ranstead Room, The Dandelion, Talula's Garden, Frankford Hall, Il Pittore, Route 6, seasonal food-stand SquareBurger and most recently BBQ joint Fette Sau in Philadelphia; as well as, Morimoto and Buddakan in New York City's thriving Meatpacking District.  STARR Restaurants expanded to Atlantic City, NJ, with Buddakan and The Continental located in the Pier Shops at Caesars in 2006, and to Florida with Steak 954 at the W Hotel Fort Lauderdale in 2009, and Makoto in the Bal Harbour Shops in 2011. Starr's newest venture which opened in the spring of 2013 is French brasserie, Le Diplomate, located in the Logan Circle neighborhood of Washington D.C. STARR Events is the group's full-service catering and special events division, managing projects including Granite Hill at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Caffè Storico located in the New-York Historical Society, Serai at the Rubin Museum of Art in New York City, and Rat's Restaurant at Grounds For Sculpture in New Jersey. For more information, please visit: http://www.starr-restaurant.com<http://www.starr-restaurant.com/>. Like us on Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/StarrRestaurants<http://www.facebook.com/StarrRestaurants> and follow us on Twitter @StarrRestaurant, and Instagram @Starr_Restaurant

For more information please visit Hybird on the web www.hybirdnyc.com<http://www.hybirdnyc.com/> or on Twitter @HybirdNYC

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