Brooklyn Borough President

BOROUGH PRESIDENT MARTY MARKOWITZ WELCOMES POLLO CAMPERO RESTAURANT TO BROOKLYN

Borough President Markowitz poses with the staff of Pollo Campero’s new restaurant in Sunset Park.

Pictured from left to right are: Representative Nydia M. Velazquez; Borough President Marty Markowitz; Assemblymember Felix W. Ortiz; PCNY LLC Managing Partner Neil Colley; and Queen of the New York Hispanic Heritage Parade Melissa Martinez.

Photographs by Kathryn Kirk

Borough President Markowitz poses with the staff of Pollo Campero’s new restaurant in Sunset Park.

Central America’s most successful family restaurant opens in Sunset Park.

Today, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz participated in a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Pollo Campero Restaurant at 4506 Fifth Avenue in Sunset Park. This new restaurant is the second in the New York Metropolitan area and the first in Brooklyn.

“Brooklyn is proud to welcome the world-renowned Pollo Campero to Sunset Park,” said Borough President Markowitz. “Pollo Campero knows that Brooklyn is the best place in America to do business in the 21st century, and we look forward to their growing with us as our economy expands.”

Pollo Campero has almost 200 locations in nine Latin American countries and in the United States. The Sunset Park location is the second in the New York Metropolitan area. In July, the chain opened its first New York City restaurant in Corona, Queens. The two locations will create 250 jobs.

The family restaurant chain was founded in Guatemala in 1971 by Don Dionisio Gutierrez and his father Don Juan Buatista Gutierrez. The chain specializes in fried chicken and Latin-American sides, such as rice and beans. It employs more than 6,000 employees across the globe, serving more than 75 million orders per year.