Nicole Marquis created the fast-casual HipCityVeg and the restaurants Charlie Was a Sinner and Bar Bombón. Now, 'I’m going to come into the restaurants and taste the food and enjoy the atmosphere.'
Nicole Marquis created the fast-casual HipCityVeg and the restaurants Charlie Was a Sinner and Bar Bombón. Now,"I’m going to come into the restaurants and taste the food and enjoy the atmosphere."Nicole Marquis has stepped down as chief executive of the vegan-restaurant group she created 12 years ago with the fast-casual eatery HipCityVeg, which she expanded into theMarquis, 42, said she would remain an owner of Marquis & Co. and would retain her seat on the board.
“Coming through the pandemic and keeping the restaurants alive and thriving, keeping the staff and the team intact, was really a challenge,” she said. “But in that time, I started to recognize other things that customers need in the plant-based world.” She declined to elaborate. Marquis said she believed that her biggest sources of pride were “helping to make Philadelphia a vegan destination and seeing Philadelphia embrace vegan food. My mission has always been to bring plant-based food to millions of people everywhere, and I wanted to start in my hometown.” She also credited Rich Landau of theTemple UniversityIn 2015, she opened Bar Bombón near Rittenhouse Square, with food and cocktails inspired by her family in Puerto Rico.
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