Eat This New York

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Eat This New York

Released Jan 30, 2004

1h 23m

Documentary

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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.

Kristin Tillotson

Minneapolis Star Tribune

It's more of a nouvelle-cuisine starter course than a square meal.

Sep 2, 2004

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Eve Zibart

Washington Post

The oddest thing about this sweet but not entirely satisfying documentary is how little food is involved.

Apr 23, 2004

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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

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Film Threat

Rated: 4/5

Jan 9, 2006

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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

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Christopher Null

Filmcritic.com

***** ***** *****.

Rated: 2.5/5

Jul 7, 2004

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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

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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