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I Regret Almost Everything
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The entertaining, irreverent, and surprisingly moving memoir by the visionary restaurateur behind such iconic New York establishments as Balthazar and Pastis. A memoir by the legendary proprietor of Balthazar, Pastis, Minetta Tavern, and Morandi, taking us from his gritty London childhood to his serendipitous arrival in New York, where he founded the era-defining establishments Odeon, Cafe Luxembourg, and Nell's. Eloquent and opinionated, Keith McNally writes about his stint as a child actor, his travels along the hippie trail, his wives and children, his devastating stroke, and his Instagram stardom.
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"Throughout, McNally makes good on his reputation for unvarnished, sometimes-controversial commentary—at one point, he comes to Woody Allen's defense—but the intimacy this approach generates makes it more of a feature than a bug."
"[Mcnally's] memoir...will outlast a single evening out."
"Keith McNally's memoir, I Regret Almost Everything, is driven by his dislikes, as so many good books are ..."
"Rueful, self-aware, chatty, entertaining, dazzling, and harrowing: a book that contains multitudes ..."
"Compulsively readable, these anecdotes deliver the atmosphere that diners have come to expect of McNally's hospitality: decadence and glamour made accessible through a light touch and a louche, punchy style ..."
"[Displays] appealing honesty ..."
"If anything, he's found a new way to give the crowd what it wants."
"Candid, funny, and poignant ..."
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