The Missing Ingredient: What is the Recipe for Success?

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The Missing Ingredient: What is the Recipe for Success?

2015

1h 27m

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A Manhattan restaurateur causes an uproar when he copies the wallpaper from an iconic restaurant.

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Peter Keough

Boston Globe

As with many documentaries (and features) about restaurants, "The Missing Ingredient" goes beyond just the items on the menu to broader issues of taste, competition, tradition, and desperation.

Oct 11, 2016

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Brad Wheeler

Globe and Mail

Beyond the insight into the restaurant culture, Sparaga shows us a bit of that celebrated New York state of mind.

Rated: 3/4

Jul 15, 2016

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Pat Mullen

POV Magazine

The Missing Ingredient savours the pleasure of sharing a meal with friends and family, and of making a social occasion out of the act of refueling one's body and taking in some grub.

Mar 18, 2020

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Norman Wilner

NOW Toronto

It's a cute story, but it's the sort of anecdote that could be told in a few minutes.

Rated: 2/5

Jul 13, 2016

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I thoroughly enjoyed this film. The humanity of the original Gino's staff and the loyalty they engendered clearly defined an era. In the end being firmly in one's own era, and being one's own self, seems to be the missing ingredient

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/23/23

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Audience Member

As an old GINO'S fan, The Missing Ingredient is wonderful. This easy to watch documentary features both clients and staff and focuses not only on what made Gino's great but what it means to be an "institution"

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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Michael Sparaga

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Gael Greene

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John Pizzarelli

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Alfred Portale

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Michael Sparaga

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Synopsis

A Manhattan restaurateur causes an uproar when he copies the wallpaper from an iconic restaurant.

Director: Michael Sparaga
Producer: Michael Sparaga
Screenwriter: Michael Sparaga
Production Co: Victory Man Productions
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 29, 2016
Runtime: 1h 27m

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