Niche Hospitality Group

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Niche Hospitality Group’s mobile ordering app, loyalty program and gift cards are now hosted on the Toast POS platform If you currently have the Niche Hospitality Group app installed on your phone, your app will need to be updated to our new version. Simply search for the Niche Hospitality Group in the App Store and tap update to install. Your existing loyalty points and gift card balances will be transferred and managed through our new app running on the Toast POS platform. All onl… (truncated)

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Worcester, MA – This September, Niche Hospitality Group brings a bold new dining destination to 446 Main Street with the opening of Vivienne, a 220-seat restaurant showcasing the vibrant flavors of the Mediterranean coast. Located in Worcester’s iconic glass tower, Vivienne promises a lively, modern setting for gathering and the celebration of food and drink. Chefs Steve Champagne and Nick Geraci designed Vivienne’s menu around the spirit of togetherness and a sense of place with sh… (truncated)

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Join us February 14–16 for food and drink specials at all locations! See below for chef specials and to make your reservations. ❤️ BOCADO WORCESTER SPECIALS YES DEAR – Bourbon, Aperol, Elderflower liqueur, pineapple juice, lemon, honey syrup DONAS DE PAPA – savory potato donuts, gruyère cheese sauce, crisp serrano & onions, fried sage SEA SCALLOPS – Josper roasted, sherry tomato cream, sundried tomato caper salsa, garlic parm crostini LOBSTER FIRECRACKER PAELLA – lobster, shrimp, ba… (truncated)

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Ring in 2025 with Chef Specials Available New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day! See below for store hours, chef specials, and to make your reservations. Happy New Year! BOCADO WORCESTER New Year's Eve (4–midnight) New Year's Day (4–9pm) CHEF SPECIALS JOSPER ROASTED OYSTERS – chorizo-beer butter, charred lime, duck fat cracklin’s / 18 LAZY LOBSTER RAVIOLI – creamy amatriciana sauce, lobster, peas, pangritata bread crumb / 16 TWIN ROASTED QUAIL – wild rice-dried cranberry stuffing, cranb… (truncated)

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Join us Wednesday, February 14th for food and drink specials at all locations! See below for chef specials, hours, and to make your reservations. ❤️ BOCADO WORCESTER SPECIALS MI AMOR MARTINI – Raspberry Stoli, Pama, Chambord, mixed berry syrup, lemon juice, apple juice, edible glitter, honey-raw sugar rim, strawberry garnish FLAN-TINI – house crème de flan, Absolut Vanilla LOBSTER CAVATAPPI – chunks of lobster, creamy chile butter sauce, cherry tomatoes, peas, toasted lemon breadcru… (truncated)

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Join us for Valentine’s Day food and drink specials at all locations. See below for chef specials, hours, and to make your reservations. BOCADO WORCESTER SPECIALS AMORÉ CHICKEN – pan-seared chicken, sundried tomato cream sauce, capers, spaghetti, fresh basil, shredded manchego ROASTED HANGER STEAK AND SHRIMP KEBABS (PLATOS PARA DOS) – warm sweet potato salad, mixed olive crema, frizzled onions, pimenton oil RED VELVET NAPOLEON – puff pastry, red velvet cream cheese filling, fresh ra… (truncated)

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Paella Clásica featuring saffron rice, chicken, calamari, shrimp, chorizo, little necks, mussels, peas, and tomato Bocado Tapas Bar Opening its Third Location at 20 Central Street Leominster, MA –Michael Covino, President of Niche Hospitality Group, has announced Bocado Tapas Bar will open this fall in Leominster, bringing a taste of Spain to the space previously occupied by Mezcal Cantina. Mezcal Cantina, owned and operated by Niche Hospitality Group, opened in 2011 serving traditi… (truncated)

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All employees of Niche Hospitality Group can now earn up to an additional $300 per week bonus based on their hours worked. Niche Hospitality Group has announced a new internal return to work stimulus plan named ‘RESTAURANTS WORK!’. Under the plan, all new and existing employees will earn a ‘Stimulus Bonus’ based on the hours they work each week. Any employee of NHG becomes eligible once they work at least 24 hours in a one-week pay period. There are THREE tiers of stimulus earnings… (truncated)

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For the month of November, Seated will provide a 50% rebate on any check from a full-service restaurant in Massachusetts for dining experiences enjoyed from Monday–Wednesday with reservations booked through the Seated app. Niche Hospitality is proud to support this initiative to help the Massachusetts restaurant industry and is participating at The Fix, Bocado and Mezcal. Participating and supporting your favorite local restaurants is easy: Guests download Seated to discover partici… (truncated)

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The Fix Burger Bar is set to open its third location at 14 Monument Square in Leominster, Massachusetts The Fix Leominster Opens Monday, October 26th Leominster, MA – Michael Covino, President of Niche Hospitality Group, has announced The Fix Burger Bar will open for business on Monday, October 26th in the space previously occupied by Rye & Thyme American Tavern in the historic Woodblock Building. Doors will open at 4:00pm on Monday–Friday during the first week of operation, with lu… (truncated)

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Wellesley, MA – Michael Covino, President of Niche Hospitality Group, has announced that Bocado’s Wellesley location will reopen after Labor Day on September 8, 2020. Bocado Tapas Wine Bar, located at 45 Church Street, has been temporarily closed as a result of the COVID shutdown. Their Worcester location has remained open offering takeout, delivery and in-store dining. Bocado first opened in Worcester, MA in 2006 earning critical acclaim and established a loyal following before ope… (truncated)

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Guests enjoying the outdoor patio at Rye & Thyme American Tavern Leominster, MA – Michael Covino, President of Niche Hospitality Group, has announced future plans for Rye & Thyme American Tavern and Mezcal Tequila Cantina. Both locations have been temporarily closed since March as a result of the COVID shutdown. Rye & Thyme, located at 14 Monument Square, is currently under renovation and will reopen as The Fix Burger Bar in the fall of 2020. The Fix has developed a strong presence… (truncated)

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Mezcal Tequila Cantina – Worcester, MA By Mike Covino – Originally published June 16th, 2020 in the Telegram & Gazette Everyone who has worked in a restaurant knows the rush of tickets printing furiously during the dinner rush and the anxiety of running behind on orders, or what we call being in the weeds. Now everyone in the industry is familiar with a far scarier challenge – silence. When the state began imposing restaurant restrictions a few months ago, my vendors were very under… (truncated)

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Our Dining Playbook As we’ve reopened our dining rooms in the phases set forth by the state, we have adjusted our procedures and precautions to ensure the safest and most enjoyable dining experience possible with the restrictions and limitations we will be managing for the foreseeable future. To help communicate the steps we are taking, we have outlined our new “dining playbook” as a reference for our guests to understand what we are doing and what we ask of all guests who choose to… (truncated)

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Updated June 8th, 2020 – Niche Now Offering Delivery! We’re excited to announce that in addition to takeout, we are now offering delivery from all Niche locations currently open for business. Our utmost priority at this time is to maintain safety for all of our guests and employees as we ramp back up to normal operations. With this in mind we will only be offering orders for takeout and delivery placed through the Niche Hospitality app or online through our websites, which allow for… (truncated)

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Update (4/10/20): Takeout and Delivery Suspended Out of an abundance of caution, we have decided to temporarily close all of the Niche Hospitality restaurants. The safety of our customers and of our employees is paramount to us, and managing that responsibility has become very difficult during these trying times. During the closure we will commit to more deep cleaning and sanitizing at all of our restaurants, and we will closely monitor the developments of the virus during the antic… (truncated)