Our Way of Life
Blue Ribbon Restaurants are the creation of chefs and restaurateurs, Eric & Bruce Bromberg and the Blue Ribbon Team. Our ventures are individual and varied and each of them is an eclectic original, yet they all reflect our uncompromising approach to food and customer service.
Each of our restaurants and projects embodies the spirit that drives Blue Ribbon to be the best at what we do while maintaining a certain individuality and charm that makes each restaurant a favorite to travelers and locals alike. Each is derived from its surroundings and offers an eclectic, unique and unorthodox menu and experience. We are proud of our staff, many of whom have been with us since our inception in 1992.
We achieve at all our locations an authentic everyday experience for a casual dinner just as we are a special occasion destination. We have been building our brand now for over 17 years across diverse concepts and our reputation and our team is the most essential element to our success. Blue Ribbon is our way of life.
Our Restaurants
The original Blue Ribbon opened in 1992 at what was then the edge of Manhattan's SoHo neighborhood. That Blue Ribbon restaurant ushered in a new era in fine dining - a come as you are, no reservations taken, eclectic mix of familiar and fine foods with no ethnic boundaries – an era whose boundaries we continue to push to this day. Our only rule was that everything we served had to be a simple, delicious and top- notch take on something we loved to cook and eat. That rule inspires us at each of our restaurants every day.
Blue Ribbon soon became a permanent destination for chefs, waiters, bartenders and other restaurant industry insiders in search of find food that is both delicious and interesting. By the end of our first year we were proud to be awarded as Zagat Guide's Best New Restaurant.
The Blue Ribbon family of restaurants has since grown to include: Blue Ribbon Sushi (1995), Blue Ribbon Bakery (1998), Blue Ribbon Brooklyn (2001), Blue Ribbon Sushi Brooklyn (2003), Blue Ribbon Market (2005), Blue Ribbon Downing Street Bar (2007), Blue Ribbon Sushi Bar & Grill (2007), Brooklyn Bowl (2009), and Blue Ribbon Sushi Bar & Grill Las Vegas (2010).
We invite you to visit us here online or at one of our restaurants, and to enjoy at home our growing family of retail products, including our first ever Blue Ribbon Cookbook.
