What we've done and the future of the CHIPSHOP![]() The Park Slope CHIPSHOP was launched in March 2001 by Chris and Vicki Sell to bring life to Chris's vision to provide authentic fish & chips and other English food and beers to New Yorkers. As an ex-pat and career chef, Chris was eager to dispel negative perceptions of English comfort food and "have a laugh doing it". Pleased by the tremendous reception by Park Slope residents and the impressive press coverage for their first restaurant, CHIPSHOP expanded to Atlantic Avenue (Brooklyn Heights/Cobble Hill) in February, 2005. The Atlantic CHIPSHOP is an English restaurant and pub featuring a diverse selection of single malt scotches, Irish whiskeys & single barrel bourbons and 16 different draft beers. Currently the CHIPSHOP restaurant group is investigating expansion within the tri-state area and eventually throughout America. Chris’s objective is that “when Americans think of good fish & chips,they think of the CHIPSHOP.” Besides who wouldn't believe the trade publication, Restaurant BusinessNews, when they said the CHIPSHOP is "leading the British invasion in America."
We are seeking compatible individuals or business entities interested in opportunities within CHIPSHOP's growing family of restaurants. If you have an entrepreneurial spirit, an appreciation of deep fried mushy peas and some cash burning a hole in your pocket, give us a call. It can’t hurt to have a friendly chat. Contact Chris to find out more about our expansion plans. Email: chris@chipshopnyc.com or call: 917 327 2285. The
birth of the CHIPSHOP concept. Chris and Vicki married in London in 1998 and waited out the final months of Chris's exile on different sides of the pond. When Chris returned to NYC in August 1999, his mission was to open the first fish & chip shop in Brooklyn with that dash of cheekiness. Launched in early 2001, the first CHIPSHOP has been greeted by a tremendous reception by Park Slope residents. Added in 2005, the Atlantic What people are saying about ChipShop: The CHIPSHOP is especially proud of its many consumer and editorial awards through the years including:
TV/film: The Travel Channel’s Deep-Fried Paradise, Extreme Pig Outs and 101 Tastiest Places to Chowdown, CBS Sunday Morning, the Food Network’s Unwrapped and Roker on the Road, featured in the bonus DVD material of the movie Supersize Me, CBS national news, New York Channel 1 News, New York Fox 5 News, New York Channel 7 News, New York Channel 11 News. Coming soon to the Food Network and the Fine Living Network(the Cooking Channel) are two more programs featuring CHIPSHOP. Print: The New York Times, Time Out New York, The New York Daily News, The Village Voice, the New York Post, New York Magazine, Restaurant BusinessNews, The Economist, The Times (UK), The Daily Mail (UK), The Observer (UK), The Daily Telegraph (UK), The Independent (UK), Viz Magazine (UK), The Brooklyn Paper, Italian Vogue, the Rugby Advertiser (Chris’s hometown paper), the Boulder Daily Camera (Vicki's hometown paper), the Cox newspaper group Radio: Over 75 radio station interviews nationwide, BBC Radio 5, BBC Radio Glasgow (UK) and many more. It seems the good comfort food and cheekiness are paying off. Chris, Vicki and all the CHIPSHOP management and staff are thankful to our great customers and we invite those who haven't tried us to stop in. |
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