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The Best of the Wurst

September 15, 2016November 6, 2017Phil

“Why don’t you open a deli like the ones in New York?”

I get asked this question all the time. And it’s a good one. I LOVE New York delis.

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Eating at the World’s Best Steakhouses

Eating at the World’s Best Steakhouses

May 12, 2016November 6, 2017Phil

Last year, Men’s Journal magazine published a piece on “The Ten Best Steakhouses in the world.” Not the ten best in the U.S., the ten best ANYWHERE.

I was pleased and proud to see Manny’s on the list, and to discover that I’d eaten at six of them.
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