Restaurant Associates

Restaurant Associates is recognized as the nation’s premier foodservice, restaurant and catering company, operating over 150 prestigious locations. Restaurant Associates is based in New York City and provides premium food services to corporate dining, educational facilities, museums, performing arts centers, aquariums, and off-premise catering events in New York City, Boston, Hartford, Washington D.C., and Philadelphia regions. Restaurant Associates is a subsidiary of Compass Group, North America, the world’s leading foodservice organization.

We proudly serve America’s finest cultural centers including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, American Museum of Natural History, Lincoln Center and Morgan Library & Museum in New York; the Smithsonian Institute, National Gallery of Art and Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.; the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta.

Restaurant Associates operates a portfolio of corporate accounts spanning a variety of industries including publishing and media, advertising, banking and financial, technology, beauty and fashion, sports, law firms and educational facilities. Our exclusive and proprietary list is well over 150 accounts.

Catering by Restaurant Associates is one of the premier caterers for corporate, social and fundraising events.  Whether at one of its exclusive venues or at an off-premise location, the company is a favorite among the luxury goods, fashion, movie and cosmetic industries.  Some of the high-profile events that Catering by Restaurant Associates has catered recently have included the National Design Awards Gala, the William Clinton Foundation Gala, film and television premieres (including HBO’s John Adams and the latest Harry Potter movie), The Kennedy Center Honors and First Lady Laura Bush's Global Literacy event.

Compass Group

Based in Charlotte NC, Compass Group North America is the leading foodservice and support services company with $9.9 billion in revenues in 2010. With 428,000 associates worldwide, its parent company, UK-based Compass Group PLC had revenues of ₤14.5 billion in the year to September 30, 2010.