"“This guy changed everything for me,” Eva Volmar, owner of La Cachette du Coin, said after the glowing review from New York Turk went viral. “Our restaurant went from getting maybe 100 views a week on social media to over 8 million overnight,” she wrote on her Instagram post, apologizing for being “unprepared” on Mother's Day."
"Located at 625 Rogers Avenue, La Cachette is a years-long dream turned reality for the 37-year-old Haitian immigrant, who left a career in nursing to follow her passion for cooking. After studying at the Institute of Culinary Education to become a chef and gaining experience at other restaurants, Volmar planned to open “La Cachette du Coin,” which translates to “the corner hideaway,” as an upscale Haitian-French fusion fine-dining establishment."
"She leased a corner spot on the ground floor of The Rogers Residences, a sleek new six-story condominium building in Prospect Lefferts Gardens. Her brother had urged her to pick that neighborhood, telling her the area needed more high-end Haitian cuisine. Although she lives one hour away in Queens, she agreed, hired contractors for the buildout of her raw space and opened just before Christmas."
"When Volmar opened her restaurant this past December, she fully staffed it. “I had two bartenders, two servers, one sous-chef, two line cooks, two dishwashers and one floor manager,” she said during an interview by phone Wednesday. But no one showed up. “One week, I was open for six"
La Cachette du Coin, a Haitian-French fusion fine-dining restaurant in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, received hundreds of Mother’s Day reservations after a food influencer’s secret visit. The owner, Eva Volmar, said the viral review transformed the restaurant’s social media presence from about 100 views per week to over 8 million overnight. The restaurant opened in December after Volmar left nursing to pursue cooking, studied at the Institute of Culinary Education, and gained experience in other restaurants. She leased a corner space at 625 Rogers Avenue in The Rogers Residences, built out a raw space, and opened just before Christmas. After opening, staffing plans failed when no one showed up, leaving the restaurant with empty tables until the viral attention.
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