Good article. I’ve had the “you should start a restaurant” comment many times over the years but I’ve always resisted. Reading kitchen confidential all those years ago was a good idea. I still love to cook, but thankfully I get to do it on my own terms, and then eat it with my family every night. Read more

The AC quit just before dinner one hot Saturday at our place. Diners were greeted by an HVAC team on the roof replacing 4 compressors that would cost my uncle $15K apiece. Good times, good times. Read more

Most of this is just par for the course in starting a business. Worse when you have to deal with the public.
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Another issue that Bourdain noted in Kitchen Confidential is that the same friends who say you should open a restaurant are the same ones that keep dropping by and expects a bunch of comps and freebies and never pick up a check.
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