MPM Opens a Caputo’s Market in Downers Grove

MPM Food Equipment Group worked with Angelo Caputo’s Fresh Markets, a local Chicago grocery chain, to open its seventh store, a converted Dominick’s in Downers Grove. MPM was able to develop a solution that incorporated existing equipment with reconditioned and new pieces to complete the store in a truncated time frame.

Angelo Caputo in the new Downers Grove store (picture from Caputo's).

 The equipment highlights include:

• Pizza Master Pizza Oven
• Crepe Station
• Remanufactured Hussmann Deli Case
• Hot Foods Bar
• Cold Foods Bar

With a heavy emphasis on prepared foods, Caputos can offer their customers a wide scope of product, including:

• a variety of thin and deep dish pizzas
• a burrito station
• sandwiches
• ribs and chicken
• juice bar
• coffee bar

Caputo’s is a long-time Chicago-area institution – a fresh market business started in 1958 in Elmwood Park, Illinois. Starting with a second location in 1991, Caputo has slowly opened additional stores and now opened its seventh, the 72,000-square-foot space, at 42 Ogden Road in Downers Grove.

The new store includes “Bar Angelo,” a full-service restaurant and bar that serves beer and wine along with menu items such as steak and fish. It also includes a kiosk system, which allows customers to browse the store's deli offerings, place an order and continue with the rest of their shopping while it is filled.

Are you browsing for the best solutions in the food equipment business? MPM Food Equipment Group deliver projects on time and on budget, while providing world class service, unparalleled support, and competitive pricing. For more information, visit MPM at http://www.mpmfeg.com/ or call 1-800-976-6762.

The PizzaMaster pizza oven makes its first batch of pizzas at the new Caputo's in Downers Grove (picture from Caputo's).

The Caputos' team (picture from Caputos).

MPM Adds Cooking Equip to CH Distillery

MPM worked with CH Distillery to allow its patrons sample the spirits made on site by building Chicago’s only distillery cocktail bar. MPM installed the bar and the cooking equipment! (Photo by Arnold Klein)

So after the distillery tour, instead of a little sample in a plastic cup, patrons are able to have cocktails and bar food. In fact, the kitchen really worked out for CH Distillery – it was named as one of the best new restaurants in Chicago by Huffington Post.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/31/best-new-restaurants-chic_n_4519992.html?utm_hp_ref=tw

Here is another review in Serious Eats:

http://drinks.seriouseats.com/2013/09/first-look-ch-distillery-cocktails-from-grain-to-glass-local-gin-vodka-bar.html

If you would like to find out how MPM can help you with your commercial kitchen needs, contact us at info@mpmfeg.com today.

MPM Supplies Equip for Howells and Hood

MPM worked with restaurant group Bottleneck Management to source and supply the equipment for Howells & Hood, a 17,000-square foot restaurant in Chicago’s Tribune Tower that features two extra-large cook lines and a prep line, three bars (each with 120 faucets that pull beer from an enormous beer cooler), and three walk-in coolers.

MPM sourced and supplied the equipment for three kitchens and three bars, as well as building three walk-in coolers. One of those coolers is a glassed-in beer cooler holding 720 barrels of beer that supply 360 draft faucets – 120 each in the three bars.

 “We installed the largest draft beer system in any restaurant in the world to our knowledge,” said Jason Akemann, co-owner of Bottleneck Management, “and MPM was there for us every step of the way. They were able to guide us to not only the right cooler that not only was large enough to house the beers but efficient enough to make it run. Our system holds 720 barrels for 320 pour faucets with 114 different beers. And with their recommendation, it is all working seamlessly.”

If you are interested in learning how MPM can help you install professional cooking equipment, contact us at info@mpmfeg.com.

Kolpak Combination Walk-In Cooler Freezer

Kolpak Combination Walk-In Cooler Freezer

 

All New – Full Warranty – In Stock

$10,145.00 – Save Thousands

18′ 3-1/2″ X 6′ 9-1/2″ of superior cooling capability

Huge savings – new this would easily run $14,300

In stock – Available from MPM for only $9,850

·         Kolpak is the leader in walk-in refrigeration

·         Walk-in to convenience

·         All New – Full Warranty – In Stock

·         Unsurpassed quality

·         Modular panels of 4" 100% foamed in place non-CFC urethane foam offer superior insulating capabilities

·         The panels exceed the 2009 standards with a rating of R-29, exceeding the R-25 standard for coolers

·         The panels also exceed the 2009 freezer standard of R32 with a rating of R-32.1

·         Panels are precision formed with tongue-and-groove joints for a more secure fit

·         Impervious to moisture

·         Galvanized metal exterior and interior offers an attractive and rugged finish

·         Superior air circulation around the coils making it both economical and efficient to run

·         Superior door construction to seal in cold, prevent condensation – perfect airtight fit

·         Adjustable hinges and durable handle

·         Interior safety release to prevent accidental entrapment

·         Coved corners on floor panels for easier cleaning, greater sanitation

·         Flooring designed to be impact resistant

·         Plug and play design

·         High-efficiency refrigeration systems

·         Efficient lighting

·         Highly durable flooring materials

Modular construction makes walk-ins quick to install – panels are easy to handle

These walk-ins are built to perform to the highest standards, and the many best-in-class features ensure a return on investment.

MPM Food Equipment Group is a leader in new and in used restaurant equipment.

MPM stands behind its reconditioned equipment and will be there if you need us.

On reconditioned equipment, MPM guarantees the equipment will be free from defects of material and workmanship under normal use and service and offers a 90-day warranty for the original purchase price.

If you are interested in the Kolpak Combination Cooler Freezer or any reconditioned equipment, contact the professionals at MPM Food Equipment for more details!