A new “vegetable heavy” soup and sandwich food stand, Chomps-Élysées, is headed for Essex Market soon.
It is slated to serve soups, sandwiches, salads, sides and sweets inspired by French and American home cooking. The menu will highlight seasonal, fresh local ingredients with a rotating selection of food, including freshly baked focaccia. Owner Tiffany Iung shared that the name and concept is inspired by her time in Paris. Her storefront will replace Peasant Stock, a long-standing stall that closed this summer after a decade.
She has also currently manages a blog website where she shares recipes and cooking-related tips, as well as contributes to the popular food blog The Modern Proper. While this will be Iung’s first storefront, she holds years of experience as a worker, server and public relations coordinator in the hospitality industry, as well as a master’s degree in Food Studies from New York University, where she focused her studies on food access and grocery stores.
“I started my business with a bicycle in Paris, falling in love with food & culture,” she wrote on her website.
She adds: “Sandwiches bring her the most joy, and she’s always looking for the next best loaf of bread to eat with as much butter as possible.”
