You Need to Give These Celebrity Owned Restaurants a Try

However, they never picked up much of a local crowd because of the small space and availability of other, longer-established institutions nearby. Desserts were the focal point of Au Fudge’s menu, and their retail shop still remains. 

Quentin Tarantino: Do Hwa

Tarintino has a soft spot for Korean barbecue, so when he had the opportunity to fund the mother-daughter immigrant team of Myung Ja and Jenny Kwak, he jumped on it immediately. He had been friends with the family for a few years before investing in them. Since the opening of Do Hwa, they have received more positive press than any NYC-based Stephen Starr restaurant to date. 

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The More You Know

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  • At age 15, Cristiano Ronaldo was diagnosed with a heart condition that required surgery, he was briefly sidelined and made a full recovery.
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