New York restaurant group Fatty Crew, owner of the popular Fatty Crab and Fatty ‘Cue concepts, has said that it plans to launch a site in London after signing a deal with with Philadelphia-based restaurateur Stephen Starr to expand its estate both nationally and internationally.
According to reports in the US, Starr, the owner of the Buddakan and Morimoto restaurants, will help open Fatty Crab restaurants in eight cities in the US and one in London.
The Starr partnership signals the latest growth spurt in Fatty Crew’s expansion of its Southeast Asian dining concept, which aims to grow to a $60m to $80m company within the next five years.
Fatty Crew currently owns four restaurants in New York City, one in the US Virgin Islands and a recently opened Fatty Crab in Hong Kong.
The first joint venture will open in Washington, DC, in about three to six months.
