Founded in 2013, Grove Bay Concessions is a Miami-based airport concessions operator, voted one of South Florida Business Journal’s “Best Places to Work” in 2022. Grove Bay is led by three partners, Co-Founders/CEOs Francesco Balli and Ignacio Garcia-Menocal and COO Eddie Acevedo, who bring decades of combined hospitality experience. Grove Bay has operations in Miami International Airport, Seattle International Airport, Raleigh-Durham International Airport and Rhode Island TF Green International Airport.
Grove Bay stays true to its chef driven approach as it partners with local North Carolina chefs like five-time James Beard semi-finalist Chef Scott Crawford and two-time James Beard semi-finalist Chef Oscar Diaz. Grove Bay has also partnered with locally known and nationally recognized artisanal brands like Narragansett Brewing Company, America’s oldest brewery and other brands such as Halfmoon Empanadas, a minority and woman owned QSR concept born in Miami, FL.
Most recently, Grove Bay partnered with Chef Bobby Flay to bring Bobby’s Burgers to RDU. At the same time, Grove Bay operates well-known national brands such as Burger King and Dunkin.
