Flash in the Pan: Life and Death of an American Restaurant

Flash in the Pan: Life and Death of an American Restaurant

â€œFinally back in print, Flash in the Pan is the originalâ€”and still the bestâ€”reportage on the life and death of an American restaurant, a ground level view of every phase of its life. From the early, hope filled planning stages to the last, humiliating moments, it's a tragi-comic epic of hubris and human folly. Painfully hilarious and even more painfully true. This is a welcome reissue of a restaurant classic that should be read by every culinary and food service student in America and sit comfortably next to Orwell's Down and Out on every shelf.â€
â€”Anthony Bourdain, author of Kitchen Confidential

In 1990, journalist David Blum got backstage access to the life and death of The Falls, a downtown Manhattan restaurant that captured the 1980s in all its extravagant excess. Its ownersâ€”a tanned, Brahmin barkeep and a handsome Irish firefighter from Queensâ€”partnered with movie star pal Matt Dillon to cater to New York's most glamorous models, actors, and writers. Flash in the Pan captured in hilarious detail the quick decline and disastrous fall of The Falls, and has become a classic cautionary tale for anyone who might harbor the fantasy of opening a restaurant.

David Blum is the editor of Kindle Singles, the storefront for high quality longform writing on Kindle. He was previously the editor in chief of The Village Voice and has written for New York magazine, Esquire, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, and The New York Times Magazine. Flash in the Pan, first published in 1992, was his first book.

Country	USA
Author	David Blum
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9781476735009
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer	Simon & Schuster
NumberOfPages	306
PublicationDate	2013-03-26
Publisher	Simon & Schuster
ReleaseDate	2013-03-26
Studio	Simon & Schuster

Flash in the Pan: Life and Death of an American Restaurant

You might also like...