On my recent trip to New York, I didn't get to very many of my favorite restaurants back there. Didn't get to Peter Luger's Steak House or The Oyster Bar in Grand Central Station or a single delicatessen. The Carnegie and the Stage Deli are both extinct but Katz's is still flourishing, even without my business for over a decade.
It's really an impressive operation as Andrew Knowlton found out. He's an editor at Bon Appétit and he goes on these adventures where he attempts to work 24 hours straight in some restaurant or resort. He recently put in a tour of duty at Katz's where he did everything anyone ever does there except fake an orgasm. This is a little long but you may find it as interesting as I did…