Well-known restaurant consultant and restaurateur Adam Block travels the world developing and revamping food and beverage related projects and venues. In addition to restaurants and hotels, his clients include concessionaires in stadiums, arenas and recreational venues; golf courses; marinas; developers; municipalities and public agencies. Adam Block also utilizes his restaurant consulting skills as owner/operator of the Print Restaurant and Press Lounge in Manhattan’s Ink48 Hotel. Using locally sourced, seasonal ingredients, the restaurant has continued to earn high marks from Zagat and the Michelin Guide New York City since it’s opening in 2010, . In addition, New York magazine named the Press Lounge the city’s Best New Rooftop Bar in its first year and has subsequently been rated by numerous publications, such as ABC.Com, Yahoo.com and TripAdvisor.com as one of the best rooftop lounges in the world. Both establishments have become popular destinations for locals and visitors to the city.
Adam Block first flexed his entrepreneurial muscles in 1987, founding Block & Associates, LLC, based in New York and California, to provide consulting services to the hospitality sector. He has consulted for such renowned chefs and restaurateurs as Alice Waters, Thomas Keller, Paul Bertolli, Tyler Florence, and Charlie Trotter. Mr. Block’s services include feasibility studies, planning, and development, as well as site selection. He also provides litigation strategy and support; tenant se