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SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, CA – This spring SFO Travelers, airline crews and staff will be treated to a truly unique dining experience at Terminal 3: the debut location of Elevate Gourmet Brands’ newest concession QSR: San Francisco Mac + Cheese Kitchen.

This will be the first gourmet fast-casual mac and cheese concept in a major West Coast airport and will offer a menu for all day parts, catering to passengers in a hurry, families and those who want to sit and enjoy the view through the leases’ wall-to-wall windows. Additionally, this location offers a bar showcasing local Bay Area beer and wine.

Menu highlights include The Signature Crab Mac with artisan noodles, white cheese blend topped with local Dungeness crab and microgreens, and The Gilroy Garlic Mac topped with Pecorino Romano and Gilroy’s famous roasted garlic. Mac and cheese dishes can be customized with a broad selection of toppings, and sides like Signature Cord Bread, and Spicy Broiled Vegetables will be available, as will healthy, gluten-free and non-GMO options, and rustic salads.

San Francisco Mac + Cheese Kitchen will boast a fun Li’l Mac Kids’ Menu to include Mac + Cheese Tots and Eat Your Veggies Mac.

Elevate Gourmet Brands’ concepts are famous for their pastry displays and this location will be no different, featuring a full selection of sweet and savory pastries. A unique breakfast menu will offer customizable Scrambles and a selection of Breakfast Brioches.

SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, CA – Elevate Gourmet Brands and Joint Venture Partner Aimhigh ESG have been awarded two new lease locations in SFO’s Terminal 3.

EGB and Aimhigh have been partners for over 3 years, running the successful Green Beans Coffee in Terminal 1.

Ebon Glenn, Aimhigh’s founder, said, “We’re thrilled to bring San Francisco Mac + Cheese Kitchen, our culinary love letter to the Bay Area, to travelers, airline crews and airport staff at Terminal 3!” Elevate Gourmet Brands’ CEO Jason Araghi added, “We’ve developed the
Elevated Kiosk, a next-generation Green Beans Coffee concept specifically for customers at Terminal 3. We’re thrilled to unveil it this spring!”

This will be the third Green Beans Coffee at SFO and the second to open in 2019, and the debut of the San Francisco Mac + Cheese Kitchen concession concept.

Rebecca brings a love for cooking, menu creation and Pâtisserie, and a lifetime of experience to the Elevate Gourmet Brands team. Raised on Maryland’s eastern shore, Rebecca Willis studied philosophy at Roanoke College in Virginia and then made her way to Le Cordon Bleu in London to study the art of patisserie. After working as a pastry chef at Gramercy Tavern in NYC and Restaurant Eve in Alexandria, VA, she moved across the country to the Bay Area. Since relocating she has worked at Michelin-rated La Toque and Morimoto, both in Napa, and has worked as a private chef.

“Rebecca will be developing exciting new menu offerings for Green Beans Coffee customers, including some delicious fresh-baked additions,” said President Jon Araghi. “When we open the first two Whisk & Bowl concepts at DFW Airport this spring she’ll also be building out the pastry menu and working with Chef George on expanding his original menu there.”

Organized by the Department of Defense, the Warrior Games is a multi-sport event for wounded, injured or ill service personnel and veterans. In addition to all branches of the US Military, Australia, the United Kingdom and Canada are also represented. Green Beans Coffee is partnering with Fischer House in the Hospitality Tent and will have a pop-up café providing free coffee, cold brew, smoothies and frappés and pastries to athletes and their families throughout the games.

“We’re proud to support the Troops when they’re downrange on their deployments and we’re proud to support them here at the games,” said CEO and Co-Founder of Green Beans Coffee, Jason Araghi.

Those interested in sending cups of coffee to deployed Service Members can do so through Green Beans Coffee’s Cup of Joe For a Joe program, now in its 10th year.

“We thank DFW for the opportunity to work with them and launch the Whisk & Bowl brand here in Texas. We’re very proud to be awarded these leases with our first proposal of the Whisk & Bowl concept,” said Chief Operating Office Brian Laliberte.

Whisk & Bowl’s menu was developed by Elevate Gourmet Brands’ own Chef George Kennedy- also Director of Non-Traditional Development for the company. Chef George drew from more than 20 years of culinary experience to create the sweet and savory baked goods, artisan treats and even some Texas-inspired menu surprises DFW travelers will be able to enjoy when Terminal A & C Whisk & Bowl locations open in early 2019.