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it limped along until, predictably, it closed—for the same reason so many restaurants closed. now it's a liquor store with a gas station out front. the sign doesn't match the building. the parking lot is still too big. I don't know what happened to the garden, or the koi

when my mom got her diagnosis, the grandparents moved us into a two-story downwind of the place. at sunset, you could smell fried rice.

we stopped going when our favorite chef quit. the declining food made the 70s decor seem shabby and outmoded instead of charming

my family's go-to was in a theme building that housed both it and a sister restaurant, an american chinese place. its buckhead location meant it was an odd mix of fancy, dated, dubiously japanese touches—scrolls and koi ponds—set way back from the street by a parking lot they couldn't hope to fill

also funny enough I did grow up going to teppanyaki restaurants but never benihana. I don't think I've set foot in one

looking at google reviews benihana is primarily known among tokyoites for its curry, which makes sense considering it was originally a kissaten

maybe I'll try the curry for the novelty but for teppanyaki even the lunch is ¥9000〜. I'd have to retroactively become a food critic to justify that

anyways I've had a vague plan for a while now to try teppanyaki in japan because I'm so curious how japan's assumptions of american tastes look vs how it was further adapted in america. I'll have to go to misono someday but the nihombashi benihana is also closing around christmas, apparently. hmm

wait thread derailed benihana apparently got popular in nyc thanks to a review by clementine paddleford? the same clementine paddleford that supposedly coined the term "hero" for a sub sandwich[citation needed]? and wrote How America Eats? wild

usually what happens is that an immigrant cuisine is the result of adaptations to the ingredients and tastes of the area, for practical and survival reasons. but teppanyaki was itself essentially already adapted to american tastes in japan; it was invented to cater to troops during the occupation

OTHER MOOK: did the tramp turn stoolie? shoulds I...
EFFECTS PEDAL MOBSTER FLUNKY: nah, the transient's clean. he's just got the fuzz on his tail

DLsite did this, and visa/mc still eventually pulled out again. afaik you can still buy their site's points elsewhere (affiliated stores etc.), which is a smart way to stay a little more resilient, but I wouldn't be surprised if that gets cracked down on too eventually

it isn't risible that, say, tim follin made a good soundtrack for pictionary. it is what you are supposed to do. similarly, if you are making, say, a third sequel to a franchise, or a movie for children, you are supposed to try to make it good

I finally read CONVENIENCE STORE WOMAN, ravenously, in one sitting. never found a book that captures experiences like "being good at being a cog in a machine" before, nor how others respond to that. fascinating lead character. the book jacket (and aspects of the translation) are frustrating tho

I had pretty incoherent politics in 2012 and I think I remember even then being a little 🙄🙄 but jeez that lands with a thud