MIKI'S BLOG: Archive

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Be a "Mensch" in 2012!

I’ve been reading a book called “Enchantment” by Guy Kawasaki and I think it’s worth sharing a meaningful part of it (to me anyway), so that we can go into 2012 with the best of intentions! “Mensch” is a German term for “human being” but in the Yiddish term, it means “honest, fair, kind and transparent, no matter who you’re dealing with...

Dec 27th

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THE IMPORTANCE OF METHOD

Method. How do we communicate to effectively convey our message? Our intentions could be perfectly good but if it doesn’t come off the tongue right, the interpretation is what actually matters. To deconstruct why my method is the way it is: I grew up with an Indian father and Japanese mother. Both had entirely different methods. My mother (of Samurai decent) had a soothing, patient,...

Dec 13th

EXPERIENCE MATTERS. CULTURE MATTERS.

One of my biggest (and seemingly obvious) lessons as an entrepreneur is that hiring people with the right experience matters. Being “bright eyed, bushy tailed and enthusiastic” is great if you’re hiring for an entry-level job, but I realized that if I am that bright eyed, bushy tailed and enthusiastic entrepreneur, I need to be with an experienced team who can truly execute the...

Nov 10th

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WORLD FOOD DAY AT THE UNITED NATIONS

On World Food Day, I found myself at the United Nations watching Ban Ki Moon, the Secretary-General of the UN give a speech to world ambassadors. It was an honor to be there with the Super Sprowtz (www.supersprowtz.com) on World Food Day. These ambassadors gathered for a luncheon to listen and discuss world hunger issues (1 billion hungry on an overabundant planet). As I watched Ban Ki Moon get...

Nov 2nd

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Nov 2nd

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fun fact: beets

BEETS ARE AWESOME rich in antioxidants and vitamins A, C, beta-carotene, iron and folic acid, beets are a nutritious-rich, alkaline food. they help normalize blood pressure, help keep your heart healthy, and have anti-inflammatory and anti-aging properties. come on in and try our ROASTED BEET SALAD and sample some of our LOCAL NY STATE WINES

Nov 1st

new menu items

Come by our restaurant SLICE WEST VILLAGE (at 535 hudson st between perry & charles)- we have some amazing new menu items from our talented new Chef, including our roasted beet salad with goat cheese crema and our new asian cabbage salad with house-made peanut dressing. We are getting more and more inspired by international cuisine, but using local, seasonal and farm-fresh ingredients. YUM!

Nov 1st

Aug 6th

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Our artisan flatbreads are made with natural and organic ingredients and free-range, hormone-free meats. Each bite draws on flavor inspirations from across the world, assembled with locally sourced ingredients as often as possible. Our wine list features all local New York state vineyards. We aim to evolve the current pizza eating experience into a sensory affair with America’s favorite food and...

Aug 6th

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Aug 6th

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Aug 6th

SLICE LOCATION

SLICE WEST VILLAGE 535 HUDSON STREET (PERRY ST/CHARLES ST) HRS: 12 noon - 11:30pm PH#: 212-929-2920 EMAIL: INFO@SLICEPERFECT.COM FAX: 917-591-7678

May 5th

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I thought I'd share this really sweet note that I...

Hi Miki, Hope you are doing well. It’s been a long time (over 2 years!) since I met you at the Equinox at Greenwich Village, so I don’t know if you remember me. We chatted in the locker room and you told me about your restaurant, Slice, and the party you were having to celebrate its anniversary (which unfortunately I couldn’t attend.) I’m writing because tonight my...

Apr 20th

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Mar 24th

Check out this GREAT article on our vegan pizzas... →

CLICK ON THE LINK TO FIND OUT WHY OUR VEGAN PIZZAS ARE AWESOME.

Feb 11th

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Click on me to see us on Eater.com! →

SLICE WAS NAMED “12 MOST EXTREME PIZZAS” BY EATER.COM. NOT SURE WHAT THAT MEANS BUT IT’S NOT A BAD THING. I JUST DON’T UNDERSTAND WHY BLOGS CAN PROCLAIM THINGS AND PEOPLE BELIEVE IT. INTERESTING POLICY.

Feb 10th

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Jan 19th

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Click on to see my POV on entrepreneurship! →

99% IS ALL ABOUT THE EINSTEIN RULE: 1% INSPIRATION AND 99% PERSPIRATION. AN IDEA IS AN IDEA IS AN IDEA. EXECUTION IS EVERYTHING. THIS MONTHLY NEWSLETTER BY BEHANCE INTERVIEWS VARIOUS ENTREPRENEURS ABOUT THEIR BODY ODOR/PERSPIRATION. CHECK IT OUT. http://the99percent.com/articles/6976/Miki-Agrawal-Whats-Your-Definition-Of-Success

Jan 15th

Click on me and take a look at this article and... →

Jan 8th

Jan 3rd

New Years Resolutions

Coming soon via video. Need you all to help keep me on track for 2011! xo Miki

Jan 1st

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Inspired to begin vlogging (video blogging for you amateurs). :-)

Dec 18th

Oct 15th

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Oct 15th

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We’ve moved into our new house. It’s big and it’s white. It’s basically a big White House.

Oct 6th

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Oct 5th

Aug 30th

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Aug 17th

SUMMER LOVIN' HAPPENED SO FAAAST

The summer is flying by at breakneck speed. It’s already mid-August and back-to-school shopping ads are littering our tv screens. Families are on their way back from the Hamptons and reality is about to set in yet again. Slice on the Upper East Side has been more quiet than usual this summer, likely because it has been the hottest, must humid summer in a long time and people don’t crave a hot...

Aug 17th

Blog Hiatus over!

This summer has been quite an interesting one for me. Between the World Cup in South Africa (endless stories, some involving Kobe Bryant, some involving Lakshmi Mittal, some involving rondoval huts with no heat and no hot water and the most electrifying shooting stars on the planet), to moving into my own place (love it), to now about to sign a lease for a third 125 seat restaurant at Cornell...

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May 14th

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Super Sprowtz at SLICE! Yeah!

May 14th

May 6th

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1400 people gathered for the Lucky Rice Night Market event and stuffed themselves with the best Asian cuisine in NYC underneath the Manhattan Bridge in Dumbo. We offered our “BOMB PIZZAS” (chicken tikka masala) and “TASTE OF INDIA PIZZAS” (chana masala pizzas) to go along with the Asian theme. Everyone LOOOOVED it!

May 4th

Apr 19th

Drama

Drama ensued at Slice West Village yesterday. Here is series of events that happened that led to the drama: I was at Slice WV having a meeting with a future wholesale client. I then biked over to the New School to attend a panel talk about “how to become a greener city” led by the Mayor of Vancouver who is attempting to make Vancouver the greenest city in the world by 2020. As I was...

Apr 13th

Apr 12th

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