Stephen Starr’s Desire To Be Accepted By New Yorkers Now Causing Alzheimer’s
“I just notice that people seem freer,” said Stephen Starr, who opened Manhattan offshoots of his hit Philadelphia restaurants Morimoto and Buddakan early last year. “In Philadelphia people are very careful not to go too far. It’s a car city. I mean, we drive five blocks.”
Whaaaat? Oh, Stephen. You know we get the Times here, right? Right?
NYTimes: Hey Guys, Wait Up!
August 1st, 2007 at 1:04 pm
something tells me that well over 50% of his nightly reservations don’t drive with their own cars to his restaurants in Philly…
man, what a crock.
August 1st, 2007 at 1:40 pm
whats this guy talkin about
I dont even know anybody that owns a car ?
August 1st, 2007 at 1:42 pm
I don’t think the people who go to his restaurants are typical Philadelphians. As Robert was alluding, they probably own several cars.
August 1st, 2007 at 2:00 pm
i worked on some preliminary advertising for starr. they keep very careful track of their customer base (point-of-service systems + credit cards = instant market research), and a very high percentage of their clientèle comes from the suburbs, the whole “honey call the babysitter, let’s go to a fancy dinner in the city” crowd. so no shit they drive.
August 1st, 2007 at 2:14 pm
much ado about a quote that wasn’t even the point of the article.. Shouldn’t you be soliciting stories from readers about sex in restaurants?? Far mo’ intersting.
August 1st, 2007 at 2:44 pm
Saying you have a predominantly suburban clientele that drives and that Philadelphia is a car-centric city are two different things. Not that the NYT is the bastion of accurate reporting about the Sixth Borough ;)
August 1st, 2007 at 2:51 pm
i often drive one block.
August 1st, 2007 at 3:21 pm
NYC doesn’t have SEPTA either.
August 1st, 2007 at 10:44 pm
What a douche…for real. Any fucking place would be car-centric to NYC. Philadelphia is an extremely walkable city with many people WALKING. Only a few American cities are comparable in their walkabilty. Again…DOUCHE!
August 3rd, 2007 at 5:16 pm
Philadelphians walk?
Have you guys seen what most Philadelphians look like? Picture Star Jones and Rosanne Barr.
Gotta shop for tail in the suburbs [like Villanova], cuz man… Jew-Penn got some fugly kids.