Gothamist: Restaurants' Reality

Rosser

Mon, 16 Jun 2003 09:59:21 -0500

My wife and I went there for drinks on 12 June and back for dinner on 13 June. The staff was friendly and efficient and the food was excellent. As long as you don't do anything to attaract attention, like order something really exotic or have a birthday, the cameras ignore you. If Rocco drops by your table, the cameras follow. Having said all that, the shooting ended 14 June and will resume if the first six to eight episodes are successful (whatever that means). First episode is NBC, 10 PM, 20 July.

at203

Wed, 11 Jun 2003 15:40:32 -0500

Yeah, I'm definitely going to watch the show, but there seems to be little point in going -- you already know the service is going to suck and the spectacle of it all is going to upstage the food. I guess if you want to be on TV, then going there makes sense.

Jen

Wed, 11 Jun 2003 14:29:31 -0500

I think anyone can have dinner there. I'm sort of interested in it, but also sort of not. I'll watch the show, certainly.

at203

Wed, 11 Jun 2003 09:27:20 -0500

Can anyone have dinner in the restaurant? Or are the guests only those who have been cast, plus celebrities?