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Birdcall flocks to Scottsdale with hot chicken BY ALEX GALLAGHER Progress Staff Writer
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irdcall, a Colorado-based chicken concept, is not a typical fastfood joint. The restaurant, which opened its first Arizona location in Scottsdale on May 2, puts a focus on hospitality while re-thinking the ordering process through digital screen kiosks and a pick-up counter with cubbies for customers to grab their meals out of. “Now more than ever, hospitality is more important than ever,” said Peter Newlin, the CEO and co-founder of Birdcall. “Hospitality to us is everything. It’s kindness, curiosity and being treated like family.” It was the hospitality of Birdcall’s sister restaurant Park Burger – both
Birdcall Scottsdale’s staff pops off the opening of its most southwestern location off Scottsdale Road and Shea Boulevard. (Special to the Progress)
are owned by the Colorado-based restaurant group the Gastamo Group – where Newlin discovered his definition of hospitality. “I was biking home one day and stopped at Park Burger and while sitting there I remember experiencing hospitality for the first time,” he said. “The energy was rad; the vibe was killer and I remember that at that point in time I had this realization that hospitality can look a million different ways but it’s all centered around the idea of how to provide joy and peace.” He applied to work at Park Burger the next day and eventually worked his way from server to manager to partner. “I fell in love with the design and concept side with my partner be-
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Press Coffee partners with nonprofits for opening BY ALEX GALLAGHER Progress Staff Writer
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hen Lakeview Coffee owner Ori Eisen made the tough decision to sell the space, the next tenant needed to be someone with the intention of building on what he had created in the space. Because of this, there was only one tenant he saw as his successor: Press Coffee. Eisen had a friendship with Press Coffee owner Jason Kyle and Kyle had often bantered about owning the space one day. “We always kid about it becoming Press but one day it all came together,” Kyle said. “Ever since he got in the coffee business and opened that shop, I would always go in there and we helped each
Press Coffee acquired the former home of Lakeside Coffee in McCormick Ranch and will open May 13. (Special to the Progress)
other where we could but I think he felt it was time to hand it over to someone else.” It was bittersweet for Eisen to turn over the keys to the coffee house he had been involved since 2015, when he bought a 12% stake in the company that morphed into Lakeside Coffee. But he is excited to return to the space as a customer for the first time in nearly seven years. “I wanted to thank all of our customers for making Lakeview Coffee such a special place,” stated Lakeview owner Ori Eisen. “As a resident of the area, we are excited to work with Press Coffee in continuing what we started. Good luck to Press, and I am looking forward to being a customer.”
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