Founded in 1995 by Stephen Starr, Philadelphia-based STARR
Restaurants is one of the fastest growing multi-concept restaurant
companies in the country. STARR Restaurants include Buddakan,
Morimoto, The Continental, Barclay Prime, Continental Mid-Town, El
Vez, Jones, Alma de Cuba, Pod, Parc, Butcher and Singer, Pizzeria
Stella, El Rey, Ranstead Room, The Dandelion, Talula’s Garden,
Frankford Hall, Il Pittore
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, Route 6 and seasonal food-stand SquareBurger in Philadelphia and
Morimoto and Buddakan in New York City’s thriving Meatpacking
District. STARR Restaurants expanded to Atlantic City, NJ, with
Buddakan and Continental restaurants at the Pier Shops at Caesars
in 2006 and to Fort Lauderdale, opening Steak 954 at the W Fort
Lauderdale in 2009 and most recently Makoto in the Bal Harbour
Shops in Miami. Stephen STARR Events is the group’s full-service
catering and special events division, managing projects including
Granite Hill at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Rat’s Restaurant at
Grounds For Sculpture, Caffè Storico at New-York Historical
Society, and Serai at the Rubin Museum of Art. Stephen Starr has
earned numerous awards and accolades, and was named “Restaurateur
of the Year” by Bon Appétit magazine in 2005 and Zagat Survey New
York City in 2007. Starr also received the TimeOut New York
Readers’ Choice Award for “Best New Out-of-Town Restaurateur” in
2007.
