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Dining Disasters, Crazy Chefs, and a Michelin-Starred Nightmare: True Restaurant Stories

Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Radio

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The Invention of the Restaurant

The story we've all been told about restaurants in Paris is the revolution, you know, 1789. Rebecca Spang says that's actually not a true story. In fact, there were people opening establishments called restaurateurs' rooms as early as the 1760s. That's coming up later in the hour, along with more tales of the ridiculous and surprising things that happen in restaurants.

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