{"id":356938,"date":"2026-07-30T00:09:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T00:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/356938\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T00:09:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T00:09:07","slug":"in-browards-evolving-food-scene-new-york-grilled-cheese-lives-on-through-delivery-only-nygc-express-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/356938\/","title":{"rendered":"In Broward\u2019s evolving food scene, New York Grilled Cheese lives on through delivery-only NYGC EXPRESS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Published:\u00a0July 29, 2026 at 7:28 PM<\/p>\n<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Updated:\u00a0July 29, 2026 at 7:45 PM<\/p>\n<p>NYGC EXPRESS keeps on making waffled grilled cheese from FTL Food Hub<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">In 2016, Benny and Leor Barak opened their dream restaurant near the bars and clubs of Wilton Drive, and they expanded. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">For years, there was demand for their signature waffled grilled cheese at the New York Grilled Cheese restaurants in Wilton Manors and Boca Raton. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Rising rents changed that, and they transitioned to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nygcexpress\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nygcexpress\/\">NYGC EXPRESS<\/a>, a delivery-only operation at the FTL Food Hub, a restaurant cooperative in Fort Lauderdale. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThink of it, you know, as a warehouse type of operation,\u201d Benny Barak said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">NYGC EXPRESS has a fast-paced system that relies on digital applications and third-party services to connect with customers. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The FTL Food Hub\u2019s behind-the-scenes team picks up the order from the commercial kitchens and places it in a designated locker. Drivers with UberEats, DoorDash, and Grubhub rush in and out regularly. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Walk-ins at the FTL Food Hub, at 1115 NE 9th Ave., can also use tablets to place their orders. For more about NYGC Express, <a href=\"https:\/\/nygcexpress.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/nygcexpress.com\/\">visit this site<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Brett Knese\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/https:\/\/author-service-images-prod-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/d3b079d0-0444-499b-8cb7-.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Brett Knese<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">Brett Knese joined the Local 10 News team as a general assignment reporter in March 2025.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Andrea Torres\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/https:\/\/author-service-images-sandbox-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/83a8effa-fc87-4940-96.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Andrea Torres<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">The Emmy Award-winning journalist joined the Local 10 News team in 2013. She wrote for the Miami Herald for more than 9 years and won a Green Eyeshade Award.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published:\u00a0July 29, 2026 at 7:28 PM Updated:\u00a0July 29, 2026 at 7:45 PM NYGC EXPRESS keeps on making waffled&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":356923,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-356938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=356938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356938\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/356923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=356938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=356938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}