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Our Story...
In 1987, John Byrne began what would be the neighbourhood eating spot at the Scarborough Fair. John evolved Scarborough Fair from a small café and tea room into one of Westchester’s premier, ZAGAT rated, elegant restaurants. Concurrently, he expanded the catering business when he opened Scarborough Fair Café and Marketplace, selling take-out gourmet food, breads, desserts and coffees.
After a highly successful restaurant run of 20 years, Scarborough Fair Restaurant retired in February of 2007. In the Spring of 2009, he vacated the Market Place location and subsequently created his own catering company; "Scarborough Fair Catering."
Scarborough Fair Catering is currently located at "SF Express" at 82 Kraft Ave in Bronxville. SF Express is a fresh lunch and dinner, take-out retail shop.
John Byrne, Chef, Proprietor
John Byrne, a native of Dublin, Ireland has been at Scarborough Fair since 1987.
He graduated from Dublin College of Catering, trained for the Doyle’s Hotel Group and Arthur Guinness & Sons at famous St James Gate. During his final year of training in West Germany, he was a Gold Medal Winner at the Strasbourg Salon de Culinaire in France. He moved to the United States in 1983.
While attending NYU for food service management, he worked both for the Hilton at Rockefeller Center and Service America Corporation of Stamford.
