THE BRIAN LEHRER SHOW
Family Meeting 2004: Foodies’ Paradise
Benzel had to eat at the Shake Shack in Madison Square Park before leaving NYC
This fall, the Brian Lehrer Show is marking 25 years of Brian at WNYC with a year-by-year look at stories that mattered from 1989 to 2014. Find the full schedule and lots more here.
For 2004, we’re devoting the entire show to the pivotal year. Find all the segments here.
Danny Meyer, CEO of Union Square Hospitality Group which includes Blue Smoke, Union Square Café and, since 2004, Shake Shack, and Dan Barber, chef and co-owner of Blue Hill and Blue Hill at Stone Barns, look back on a year when many now-iconic restaurants opened and how New Yorkers’ relationship with food have changed since then.
(AUDIO CLIP & ORIGINAL ARTICLE)
Some of The Restaurants That Opened in NYC in 2004
The Spotted Pig
Per Se
Masa
Freeman’s
Franny’s
Spice Market
The Momofuko Noodle Bar
Frankie’s 457
Shake Shack
Blue Hill and Stone Barns
STORIES THAT MATTERED
