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Eat This New York

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This documentary examining the food business in New York City pairs a tale about two aspiring restaurant owners with profiles of people who've already made it in the industry. A pair of pals from Minnesota move to Brooklyn, N.Y., and director Kate Novack follows their quest to find a niche for their eatery. This story is supplemented by Novack's chats with local star restaurateurs like Danny Meyer, Daniel Boulud, Jean-Georges Vongerichten and Keith McNally.

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Kristin Tillotson Minneapolis Star Tribune It's more of a nouvelle-cuisine starter course than a square meal. Sep 2, 2004 Full Review Eve Zibart Washington Post The oddest thing about this sweet but not entirely satisfying documentary is how little food is involved. Apr 23, 2004 Full Review Ann Hornaday Washington Post This lively, absorbing documentary about best friends who open a tiny cafe in the heart of Brooklyn is full of such mouth-watering shots of cooking and eating that a jumbo-sized popcorn and pallid soda simply won't do. Apr 23, 2004 Full Review Film Threat Rated: 4/5 Jan 9, 2006 Full Review Chris Hewitt St. Paul Pioneer Press Everyone who ever thought about opening a restaurant should watch Eat This New York. Rated: 3/4 Sep 2, 2004 Full Review Christopher Null Filmcritic.com ***** ***** *****. Rated: 2.5/5 Jul 7, 2004 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member A very boring and pretentious documentary. Given that I love documentaries and New York, this slam does not come lightly. The focus of someone wanting to suceed in the restaurant business in New York proved to be a very useless bit of documentary material. Then showing the success of owners who "survived" made it seem like a commercial to eat at Nobu's or where ever. But in the end, the cliche jazzy background music and the desires of a person in the restaurant business proved to just the material I needed to be able to fall asleep. The main characters lacked any charisma and I'm most certain that they probably will not succeed because I didn't even write down the name of their restaurant. For some reason, I cynically believe that this movie were the restaurant owner's hedge of getting money in case their investment in the restaurant business didn't succeed. "I Like Killing Flies" a documentary of an interestingly mad chef who survived the Manhattan restaurant scene despite his edgy behavior and personality was a far more entertaining documentary on restaurants in New York. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis This documentary examining the food business in New York City pairs a tale about two aspiring restaurant owners with profiles of people who've already made it in the industry. A pair of pals from Minnesota move to Brooklyn, N.Y., and director Kate Novack follows their quest to find a niche for their eatery. This story is supplemented by Novack's chats with local star restaurateurs like Danny Meyer, Daniel Boulud, Jean-Georges Vongerichten and Keith McNally.
Director
Kate Novack, Andrew Rossi
Producer
Kate Novack, Andrew Rossi
Screenwriter
Kate Novack
Distributor
Arrow Releasing Inc.
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 30, 2004, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 18, 2021
Box Office (Gross USA)
$5.8K
Runtime
1h 23m