![]() ![]() The effect is like living through a real kitchen shift at 24x speed. Storer, who directs five of eight episodes, builds intensity with quick cuts between characters that capture them peeling carrots, or browning giant slabs of beef. A Noma cookbook is brandished with the physical menace of a meat tenderizer. “So much yelling,” I wrote in my notes, followed by “ so so much yelling.” A gun is fired in the first episode. The new FX/Hulu series from Christopher Storer ( Ramy, Eighth Grade) is the antithesis of comfort TV it opens on frenetic chaos and gets messier by the minute. While paying homage to the original, Vann's goal was for this restaurant to offer a completely new experience.If you’ve ever spent any time working in restaurants, you know the kind of recurring anxiety dream The Bear immediately conjures: packed tables, malfunctioning equipment, orders piling up so fast that the kitchen can’t process them, frayed nerves, incipient breakdown. (The Bear Café’s former home next door is now occupied by a Mexican restaurant dubbed the Bear Cantina.) After the Little Bear’s lease ran out in September 2021, Bearsville Complex owner Lizzie Vann began renovations on the space with plans to bring the Bear Café’s spirit back to life. The spot lives on in its newest incarnation, the Bear, which opened in late June in the space that used to house the Little Bear Chinese restaurant. Since its 2019 closure, locals have eagerly awaited the Bear Café’s return. The entire complex of businesses and buildings was the brainchild of music manager Albert Grossman, who wanted to create a space for artists to record, stay, and of course, eat. Open on and off and with various owners since the ’70s, it’s remembered for high-end food and celebrity clientele, including names like David Bowie and Uma Thurman. The storied eatery the Bear Café, part of the Bearsville Theater complex, was shuttered for three years. ![]()
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