20 times • JANUARY 21, 2016 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.qns.com Glendale restaurant sees boom in business after TV show airs BY ANTHONY GIUDICE agiudice@ridgewoodtimes.com @A_GiudiceReport Talk about a TV dinner! Vinny Accardi, owner and chef of Room 55 restaurant in Glendale, is marinating in the recent success of his business after being featured on the season three premiere of CNBC’s hit show “Restaurant Startup,” which aired on Jan. 6. “The phone has been ringing and ringing, we have had many more diners and booking up faster than normal,” Accardi said. “The outpouring of positive responses from the community was fantastic. We received thousands and thousands of calls, messages, social media comments; the neighborhood has been very happy for me and proud of what I accomplished on the show and how I represented the neighborhood.” On the show, Accardi pitched his idea for a second restaurant called “55 Steak,” a high-end steak house right in his hometown of Queens, to celebrity restaurateurs Joe Bastianich and Tim Love. “The show was great publicity for me, introducing me and my restaurant to the world, and brought to light my future plans for 55 Steak which is a ways away,” Accardi said. “We will be focusing on making Room 55 even better for now, and work on 55 Steak down the road when the time is right.” But after Accardi’s episode of “Restaurant Startup,” he soon found Room 55 caught up in a social media rumor mill for reasons that had nothing to do with the program. A report of a fire in the kitchen of Room 55 on Jan. 10 was posted on local social media pages. Accardi had to quickly extinguish the rumor and explain what actually transpired. “An electrical box in the hallway next to my kitchen, which is for the upstairs tenants not in my restaurant or in my property, must have shorted out or something,” Accardi explained. “It was smoking, but the tenant upstairs Chef and owner of Room 55 in Glendale, Vinny Accardi, has seen a boom in customers after being featured on “Restaurant Startup.” called the FDNY before the fire started. Unfortunately for me, for safety measures, the FDNY knocked down a small portion of my kitchen wall to make sure it was thoroughly put out.” This procedure caused Room 55 to be shut down for three days. “They turned off my gas, and from their work, it damaged a pipe that needed to be replaced,” Accardi said. “It was replaced the next day, the wall fixed, mess cleaned up, gas turned Photo via Facebook.com/Room55 back on and Heath Department approved.” With that unintended mess behind him and Room 55 back up and running, Accardi can once again focus on bringing the people of Glendale the high-quality cuisine he has provided since Room 55 opened in 2014. Room 55 is located at 75-01 88th St., and is open Wednesday through Monday. For more information visit www.room55ny.com. Through daily prayer, we guide our students along their spiritual journey, enabling them to become productive and caring members of society. 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Pre-K para Todos (Gratis) - Nursery y Kindergarten ▪Equipo de Laboratorio y Pizarras Inteligentes ▪Santo Tomás de Aquino Superior Achievement ▪Laboratorio de Ciencias ▪Biblioteca ▪Programa de Lengua Extranjera ▪Núcleo Básico de Álgebra Programa 1 Regents Tierra supuesto regentes ciencia ▪Gobierno Estudiantil ▪Título 1 La Instrucción en Matemáticas, Lectura, ESL, Orientación y Pre-K ▪Programa Después de Clases Club de drama Glee Club ▪Instrucción Band Para los Grados 3-8 ▪Enfermera Tiempo completo ▪Excelentes Tarifas de Matrícula y Ayuda Financiera Disponible ¶ Aprendizaje móvil con uno a un programa de la tableta digital en los grados 4-8 W NASZEJ BOGATEJ OFERCIE ZNAJDĄ PAŃSTWO: § Programy wczesnoszkolne dla najmłodszych: - darmowe przedszkole - zerowka § Pracownia komputerowa oraz klasy wyposażone w tablice „Smart” § St. Thomas Aquinas Program wyższych osiągnięć § Laboratorium szkolne § Biblioteka § Programy językόw obcych § Dodatkowe zajęcia matematyczne: Algebra I Regents § Nauka o świecie § Kursy przygotowawcze do eqzaminu Regents § Klub teatralny § Zajęcia muzyczne § Samorząd uczniowski § Title I – douczanie z zakresu matematyki, czytania i pisania, doradca § Program ESL § Muzyczne lekcje dla klas 3-8 § Program polekcyjny § Pielęgniarka, pełny etat Niskie czesne oraz możliwość uzyskania stypendium socjalnego ¶ Program „Mobilna nauka” Please contact us to receive more information and schedule a personalized tour. 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