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

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This book is about what happened to a resturant from the concept through opening and the closing of the establishment. If you have never worked in the Food Industry then I would not by this book. If you have been in the food industry you might enjoy the read. I have been in the industry for over 20 years and found the book kind of intresting but nothing outstanding. The other reviews hear just are trashing the book for no reason.

My book club chose this book as this month's selection. There was not a moment that I enjoyed reading the book. The writing style leaves much to be appreciated. You want this restaurant to fail from the first page on -- no one is sympathetic. The best part of this book was getting to the end, when I would no longer have to endure the torture of reading it.

I guess because it's out of print and Anthony Bourdain has mentioned it that this book became a bit of must read in the food world. Crazily, for awhile, some copies were going for a few hundred dollars. I ended up finding it at the library and I'm certainly glad I didn't buy it. It isn't that great of a book or that great of a story. Sorry.