ARAMARK Healthcare Launches Quick Casual Restaurant Brand Called Soluna Cafe & Bakery
Philadelphia, PA - ARAMARK Healthcare recently announced that it will open ARAMARK's brand of free-standing retail restaurants later this year in Houston, Texas and early next year in Columbus, Ohio and San Diego, Calif. According to ARAMARK Healthcare ARAMARK Healthcare's wealth of customer insight and food and nutrition expertise, Soluna Cafe & Bakery is strategically developed to meet the needs of physicians, nurses, hospital employees and visitors on large healthcare campuses. Soluna will offer tossed-to-order salads, made-to-order sandwiches and premium, home-style soups in a tranquil atmosphere, where those on the medical campus can relax, refresh and renew.
ARAMARK Healthcare says that The Soluna Cafe & Bakery will open in October and is strategically located at the Texas Medical Center in Houston, and it will concentrate on research and healthcare institutions including The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Methodist Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital and Saint Luke's Hospital. This 4,000-square-foot restaurant is housed on the ground floor of the Bank of America Building located on the Southeast corner of Holcombe Boulevard and South Main Street. This location will feature a 60-seat dining room with an outdoor patio that can accommodate more than 40 additional guests.
The company sources says that the second Soluna Cafe & Bakery will open in early 2007 at Ohio Health's Grant Medical Center, located in the heart of downtown Columbus, Ohio at 111 South Grant Avenue. The third Soluna will also open in early 2007 at the newly constructed Physicians Medical Office Building located at 7910 Frost Street in San Diego. This 5,000-square-foot store is located across the street from Sharp Memorial Hospital and shares the campus with Sharp Mary Birch Hospital and Children's Hospital and Health Center of San Diego. There are also plans for future U.S. expansion.
According to ARAMARK Healthcare Soluna's signature menu item will be its Quiche-Adilla®). A recipe baked in a flour tortilla. Lorraine's Favorite Quiche-Adilla features Swiss cheese, smoked bacon and a touch of nutmeg, while the Roasted Vegetables with Asiago Quiche-Adilla consists of red, yellow and green peppers, eggplant, zucchini, yellow squash and red onion. Moreover, Soluna will offer its guests blended and specialty coffee drinks, infused teas, real fruit smoothies and desserts. Customers may also request nutritional information for any menu item, which can be printed and given to them with their order.
SOURCE: ARAMARK Healthcare