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05 January 2010

NYC people and/or readers of the New Yorker, can I please pick your brains? There was an article in the New Yorker (I think) awhile back about a guy who owns a restaurant in NYC. Not unusual in itself, but he is crabby & direct & tells people if they don't like the food, get out! (The food is supposed to be great, BTW). Anyone know who the guy is or the restaurant name?

Oh, not the Soup Nazi. This was a sit down entree kinda place.

post by: chewatadistance at: 19:28 | 16 comments

I remember a NYer article about David Chang and Momofuku, but I don't remember him telling people to scram. So, possibly no help!

posted by mudpuppie 05 January | 19:32

Shopsins?

posted by Obscure Reference 05 January | 19:53

Definitely sounds like Kenny Shopsin.

posted by birdie 05 January | 20:42

Oh, and if it is Shopsins and in the New Yorker then I'm guessing it was written by Calvin Trillin.

posted by birdie 05 January | 20:51

Yes = Obscure Reference has it, I think. Here's the New Yorker Article. Thank you!

The article on Momofuku was interesting too, 'pupp. Was this the one you remembered?

posted by chewatadistance 05 January | 20:52

I like him (even though I have not eaten there).
He's got a book now.

posted by special-k 05 January | 21:01

I've eaten there countless times. It was also one of the only restaurants in NYC that would tolerate my son, when he was 4 years old, wandering around from table to table to say "hello" to everyone.

There's also a movie and a book.

posted by Obscure Reference 05 January | 21:07

Ah, I remember seeing the doc on Netflix streaming

(not terribly exciting to watch).

posted by special-k 05 January | 21:19

I've eaten there and enjoyed the meal... thankfully there were only four of us as parties of five will be turned away.

That being said, I wasn't terribly comfortable, didn't really strike me as the cleanest of places.

posted by eatdonuts 05 January | 21:42

mmm Shopsins

posted by gaspode 05 January | 22:09

Yeah, Shopsins, without a doubt. When J and I went there, he was unhappy about a party of four moving two small tables together. That being said, space is very tight for the waiters and it was a really busy Saturday lunchtime.

posted by essexjan 06 January | 00:51

Funny, I read about Shopsins via MetaFilter...

posted by TrishaLynn 06 January | 01:21

Next time I go to Shopsins I'm going to have the ebelskivers. Scroll down for video. The chef looks to be Kenny's son, not the man himself.

posted by essexjan 06 January | 04:01

That's Zack. He's a lot like Kenny. His daughters used to work there too and they're a lot like Eve, Kenny's late wife. I had ebelskivers for the first time lunch on my birthday last November.

posted by Obscure Reference 06 January | 07:21

Obscure Reference for the (eponysterical) win!

I remember the piece - I love Trillin and read whatever he writes. Have never been to Shopsin's, which is too bad. It sounds fun.

posted by Miko 06 January | 09:57

Just found this... apparently Kenny has a cookbook... or something...

posted by eatdonuts 06 January | 17:05

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