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Sysco and Team Nicotra help Project Hospitality
Today, Sysco Metro NY partnered with our Hilton Garden Inn (Staten Island) Team for an event to benefit Project Hospitality.
The Rev. Terry Troia came by to thank Lois & Richard Nicotra and Sysco for working on a creative food sale fundraiser which resulted in both food product and funds donated to assist Project Hospitality as they support the food insecure in our borough. 
Team Nicotra has much LOVE for Staten Island, and we are physically distant but committed to remaining socially connected. ♥️
If you would like to join The Lois & Richard Nicotra Foundation and support Project Hospitality, please visit their site: https://www.projecthospitality.org/
Order Food and Raise Funds!
Our Nicotra Group Team wants to share an opportunity to feed your own family AND at the same time feed our Staten Island neighbors in need! ♥️
Lois & Richard Nicotra are teaming up with Sysco Metro NY to benefit Project Hospitality. Here is how you can help:
1. Go to https://shopmetronewyork.sysco.com/ to order a box of food for your family by next Wednesday.
2. Drive to the Hilton Garden Inn (Staten Island) on Thursday, 6/4 between 10am and 3pm for a touchless pick up - you will drive to the Nicotra's Ballroom arch and your box will be placed in your trunk. You will receive directions after you place your online order.
3. A portion of your purchase will benefit Project Hospitality and help the Rev. Terry Troia and her Team support the food insecure.
Change up your food purchases, and raise funds for our neighbors in need. Sounds like a perfect pairing. ♥️
Happy Mother’s Day! 💕
“Happy Mother’s Day...we look forward celebrating with you again...and in the meantime, stay home and stay safe.” 💕- a Mother’s Day greeting from Lois & Richard Nicotra
❌⭕️❌⭕️❌ from the Nicotras
Sending you some Saturday ❌⭕️❌⭕️❌ hugs, kisses and lots of good wishes from Lois & Richard Nicotra.
Our Hilton Garden Inn (Staten Island) Team is focused on staying connected to you. We will miss you all on Easter, but we know we will all be together again. 🐰
If you have an Easter memory - whether celebrating with us at Nicotra's Ballroom or Lorenzo's Restaurant, Bar & Cabaret or around a table in your home - feel free to share it with us as a comment. We love to see your happy memories. 🐣🐤
Encouraging you to:
❣️Stay home if you can.
❣️Stay safe.
❣️Stay calm.
❣️Stay optimistic.
❣️Stay focused on your LOVE of your community.
We may be “physically distant” but always socially connected. ❌⭕️❌⭕️❌
“We love flowers. Our gardens are meant for you - an opportunity to lift your hearts and lift your spirits. Stay strong, Staten Island.” - Richard Nicotra
A rainy day often feels like a day missed and may cloud our already burdened thoughts - but perhaps it can be an opportunity.
We waited for a rainy day to post this video - Lois and Richard Nicotra’s Hilton Garden Inn Staten Island is in full bloom - more than 80,000 bulbs and flowering trees and plants are gloriously awaiting what would have been a busy April and May for our guests to take outdoor photos and enjoy the grounds.
Neighbors, you are welcome to drive the grounds of South Avenue, make a turn at our LOVE statue onto Lois Lane, and enjoy the oversized sculpture and flowers from the safety of your car.
Please stay in your car so we remain safely distant, but we do believe that a change of view can - quite literally - change your viewpoint.
Even on a rainy day, you can turn your mind toward what will bloom next.
We LOVE Staten Island.
Stay safe and stay mentally focused on what will bloom next.
We LOVE you, Staten Island!
The Nicotras LOVE Staten Island!
Lois & Richard Nicotra want you to:
✅ Stay Home
✅ Stay Safe
✅ Stay Strong
We will see you again at the Hilton Garden Inn (Staten Island) and we will be partying, dancing, eating, and laughing once again...but until then, stay home Staten Island!
...and know that our Nicotra Team is thinking of you and missing you. ♥️
Good morning Staten Island!
Owners Lois & Richard Nicotra had the pleasure of appearing on Spectrum News NY1 this morning to discuss our participation in NYC Restaurant Week!
To celebrate this unique citywide promotion, Lorenzo's Restaurant, Bar & Cabaret is offering a three- course prix-fixe menu at affordable prices.
When asked what our secret is to keep customers coming back month after month, Mr. Nicotra shared: “We love our customers. We love being there… we love each other— we’ve been married for 40 years, and we work together every day… when a customer comes in, they become part of our family. Our general manager at Lorenzo’s has been with us for 20 years— and then she married the chef! So we’re one big family.”
Join us until February 9th to take advantage unbeatable NYC Restaurant Week pricing, NYC quality cuisine, attentive service, and the elegant ambiance that is the hallmark of our Lorenzo’s experience.
On behalf of owners Lois & Richard Nicotra, thank you for spending your holidays at The Hilton! 🎄 🎅
On Christmas Eve, hundreds of families converged at Lorenzo's Restaurant, Bar & Cabaret for our sold out Feast of the Fishes. 🍽
Guests enjoyed a sumptuous four-course sit down dinner that included a traditional seafood feast, classic Italian favorites, specials from land & sea, and the sounds of live music. 🎶
It was a beautiful evening, and a beloved tradition for our entire team. We hope to see you there next year!
(📽 Video crafted by our talented intern Jennifer Rutigliano)
Need a little LOVE to brighten your day?
A new shipment of LOVE Staten Island pins, designed locally by our friends at Pin Lounge, has arrived at The Shop!
The Shop is open 24 hours a day and conveniently located beside our Hilton front desk! Come get yours, and wear it as an emblem of hometown pride and positivity❤️
And if you love LOVE as much as we do, stay tuned for a brand new piece of merchandise, to be announced soon!
Yesterday we celebrated one of our favorite events of the year!
Thousands of guests flooded our Hilton for the annual SIEDC Health & Wellness Expo.
The only event of its kind in the borough, this event attracts more than 100 vendors, providing seminars, exhibits, medical screenings, fitness & food demonstrations, giveaways and more— all free and open to the public!
Were you there?
Tonight, Nicotra's Ballroom is the home of Pride Center of Staten Island’s One Island One Pride Event. Here are a few moments with the organizers...right before their event kicks off! 🌈♥️
Grab a burger 🍔 or an ice cream 🍦and step inside our 11th annual Nicotra Group Employee Appreciation BBQ!
Hoteliers Richard and Lois Nicotra hosted their annual Employee Appreciation BBQ last week. ❤️
More than 500 employees and their families converged at the Hilton Garden Inn for an evening filled with food and fun. 🍗
Hamburgers, hotdogs, pulled pork and other BBQ staples were on the menu-- as were Italian ices, zeppoles, sausage & peppers, and other treats. Guests enjoyed rides, games, and entertainers: including a photo booth, face painter, balloon artist, and DJ. 🎈
“Giving our team a fun, festive and free night to enjoy with their loved ones is a gift we look forward to sharing each year,” the Nicotras shared. “We start planning the next BBQ as soon as one ends — it’s a highlight event for us.”
The Nicotras celebrate with their employees throughout the year, hosting an annual holiday party for their families as well as luncheons to recognize employees’ anniversaries.
Their The Lois & Richard Nicotra Foundation awards scholarships towards college education to the children and grandchildren of their employees and supports non-profit organizations on Staten Island through the profits of the COMMONS café; dozens of scholarships have been awarded and hundreds of non-profit grant recipients have benefited from the more than $850,000 awarded through the Nicotra Foundation.
Richard Nicotra recalled, “When I was a boy, I remember my neighbor going to his father’s company’s picnic. I wished my father’s job had done something like that for us. The memory of an employer doing that for employees stayed with me. Now, all these years later, I get to provide to my team’s children what I wished for as a kid. We love watching our work family create memories. Honestly, this gift to them is a gift I give myself every year.”
We LOVE our beautiful brides! 💍 👰
At the Hilton, your wedding lasts all day long. 💕
We offer many amenities for couples tying the knot with us, including our complimentary bridal suite— equipped with a three person hair & makeup station, full length mirror, wet bar, bridal gown mannequin, tuxedo valet, marble shower for two and so much more.
It’s part of our Nicotra Group philosophy: making you happy makes us happy!
We are LIVE at the Hilton on this busy Saturday Night! 💕
We hope you’re having a fabulous weekend!
We’re here with Lorenzo's Restaurant, Bar & Cabaret Mixologist Javier, whipping up a very special drink... 🍸
Stay tuned!
“Forever friends, forever you and me, forever and always we’ll be!” 💕
Nestled in the beautiful Corporate Park of Staten Island (and located just a hop, skip, and a jump from the Hilton) is Kiddie Academy of Staten Island, NY!
Open from 6:30 AM to 7:00 PM, our neighbors at Kiddie Academy provide a safe place for kids to be kids while their parents are hard at work. Enrollment is open to the public, and many of our Nicotra Group team members have placed their little ones at Kiddie Academy!
Watch our little visit with Chief of Staff Kristine Albano Garlisi to get an inside look at this special place.
Good afternoon Staten Island! ☀️
Join us 8 stories above the ground for a FIRST LOOK at the Nicotras’ Corporate Commons Three Rooftop! 👀
Upon completion, this outdoor space will house a rooftop farm by Brooklyn Grange and an event space with breathtaking panoramic views of the borough— and the New York City skyline! 🌃
Corporate Commons Three will also introduce a vineyard to Staten Island— growing table grapes to supply local food pantries. 🍇
It will house a second social enterprise eatery: Pienza - Pizza • Pasta, which will gift 100% of its profits to charity, like its sister our COMMONS café. 🍕
Are you ready to visit?
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Corporate Commons Three is the newest addition to the Corporate Park of Staten Island. This 8-story, 330,000sf office building offers high-end finishes and amenities.
For leasing information, contact Samuel B. Stein, 718.477.2100 x242
INTRODUCING: The Ruby Red Margarita!
Comment below with a ❤️ if you’d like to try this brand new blend, available exclusively at Lorenzo’s!
We’re kicking off the weekend in style with the release of a brand new Lorenzo's Restaurant, Bar & Cabaret cocktail: The Ruby Red Grapefruit Margarita 🍸
This delicious concoction is a blend of Don Julio Resposado, Cointreau Liqueur, and Ruby Red Grapefruit juice, served in a Martini glass with salted rim. 🤤
After the success of Limoncello LOVE, owners Lois & Richard Nicotra knew that we needed to make you all another refreshing treat! Watch our mixologist Javier in action here...
Let's Eat!
We are so pleased to share a taste of this unique partnership...
Owners Lois & Richard Nicotra donate space at Above Staten Island for the Culinary Program at New Ventures Charter School, a school located in our Corporate Park of Staten Island.
Nicotra Group Team Member Chef Nick, who works at Lorenzo's, also teaches at Brooklyn College. His relationship with fellow educator David Cavagnaro helped this special partnership bloom.
We enjoyed sharing in this special moment. Students created cook books and interviewed family members to make cherished recipes.
But the best part was the tasting!
Are you ready to win?
You and your loved one can get the chance of a lifetime when you enter to win 'Race for the Ring'.
Started by Casale Jewelers 9 years ago, the lucky couples who participate get the opportunity to win over $30,000 in prizes!
Sign ups have already started and end June 20th, so get ready to Race for the Ring!
Enter to Race here: https://www.casaleraceforthering.com/
It isn’t too late to celebrate Mother’s Day at Lorenzo's Restaurant, Bar & Cabaret!
Celebrate mom with a time-honored tradition and dine with us at Lorenzo's.
Delicious modern Italian and American fare, live piano music, and attentive service are the hallmarks of our Hilton Garden Inn hospitality-- and we invite you to experience them firsthand this Mother's Day.
Our lavish dinner is a traditional four course meal. Options will include delicacies like stuffed filet of sole, chicken Milanese, braised Angus beef short ribs, and so much more.
Let us do the cooking this year!
For reservations, call 718.477.2400x5
For the full dinner menu: http://lorenzosdining.com/events/
Spotted this weekend: a trolley at the Hilton Garden Inn (Staten Island) !
We couldn’t help but stop for a video of this charming trolley awaiting its passengers outside our front doors.
We love it when guests choose whimsical options like this one to enhance their special occasions.
Hoppy Easter from your friends at the Nicotra Group!
Hundreds of people gathered at the COMMONS café to celebrate with Staten Island’s annual Beeping Egg Hunt.
Organized by Holly Bonner of Blind Motherhood, this event serves blind and visually impaired children and their families.
When Bonner sought to bring the Egg Hunt to New York City, she knew she needed a venue. She found the perfect home at Lois & Richard Nicotra’s COMMONS café. The social enterprise eatery gifts 100% of its profits to the Staten Island community via grants and scholarships.
Supporting the Egg Hunt has become a tradition for the Nicotras, who donate space annually for the event at no cost & gift café profits to organizations serving the disabled.
The Nicotras added, “The real gift is seeing every child enjoy the experience of an Egg Hunt.”
Wear LOVE to share LOVE!
We started our day at Casale Jewelers, where Cory Schifter is helping us share LOVE with our Staten Island community.
Inspired by owners Lois & Richard Nicotra and their LOVE Staten Island movement, Cory and his team designed this elegant LOVE necklace as an emblem of borough pride and positivity.
As an act of kindness to the community, Cory will be donating $5 from every sale to the Nicotra Foundation, where it will be distributed back to the community in the form of scholarships and grants.
The Nicotras’ socially responsible eatery, the COMMONS café gifts 100% of its profits to Staten Island, and has given more than $800,000 to the community since its opening.
Come get yours! Supplies in-store are limited, so call ahead to place your order.
Here, Nicotra Group Chief of Staff Kristine Albano Garlisi models the beautiful necklace with the Nicotras and Cory Schifter.
Deana Martin Cabaret
Owners Lois & Richard Nicotra invite YOU to join us for our Deana Martin Cabaret!
Deana Sings Dino will take place on May 3rd at Lorenzo's Restaurant, Bar & Cabaret! And a SPECIAL GUEST will be joining us for the show, too! ⚾️
Enjoy classic pop hits and crowd favorites, along with stories of '"good ol' days.”
If that wasn't enough, our Lorenzo’s team will also be preparing Dean Martin's Mother’s famous Pasta Fagioli!
For tickets: partyeatstay.com
Casale Jewelers is sharing the LOVE!
Our friend and community partner Cory Schifter stopped by with a surprise today.
He presented Lois & Richard Nicotra with the new LOVE necklace, available only at Casale Jewelers.
A percent of profits from each sale will go to
The Lois & Richard Nicotra Foundation for redistribution to local nonprofits and charities!
Our LOVE Staten Island movement piqued Corey’s curiosity, and we’re so happy to have him involved. ❤️
TODAY at the Hilton Garden Inn (Staten Island), nearly 5,000 people will attend the SIEDC Business Conference! 🙌 Take a peek with us...
The SIEDC features all day vending along with educational seminars, keynote panels, and mixers. Also featured is the 20 Under 40 Leadership Awards presented to talented young individuals who work and/or live on Staten Island and are making a difference in their respective field; and SIEDC's Top 31 Awards.
This event is free and open to the general public. The keynote breakfast, lunch and cocktail sessions featuring prominent speakers, are the only ticketed portion of the event.
