Naples Tomato Franchise News

First-of-a-Kind iPad Application for Restaurants to Provide Expert Wine Recommendations with a Built-In Sommelier NAPLES, Fla. --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Naples Tomato, a nationally known restaurant in Naples, Florida, today announced that it will provide guests with personalized, expert wine recommendations via an Apple Inc. iPad (NASDAQ: AAPL) instead of a traditional sommelier. Working with marketing application developer innerbridge, Naples Tomato has created an application for the iPad that will let guests browse, search and expertly select from hundreds of wines without being pressured, misled, or upsold.

Naples Tomato is currently testing its Personal Sommeliers for iPad application with the restaurant's 550-selection, Wine Spectator-recognized wine list...

EWINE, LLC to Bring "Vine Dining" to the Stamford/Greenwich Area

NAPLES, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Naples Tomato Franchising, LLC today announced that it has awarded its first restaurant franchise license to EWINE, LLC of Southington, Connecticut, for the Stamford/Greenwich, Connecticut area. Naples Tomato is an award-winning restaurant concept that originated in Naples, Florida. Naples Tomato offers a uniquely American approach to Mediterranean food and lifestyle - Vine Dining™ - that delivers the value and flexibility of casual dining with the casual elegance of finer dining.

"The Stamford/Greenwich area is the ideal place for a Naples Tomato because of its affluence and the number of wine drinkers. That's why we targeted the area for our first franchised restaurant," said Jack Serfass, co-founder and co-chairman of Naples Tomato Franchising...