In New York there are over 18,000 restaurants. Every year more than 1,000 new restaurants open and 4 out of every 5 of them go out of business within 5 years. So who in their right mind would try their hand at a business where the odds are so clearly against you? John McCormick and Billy Phelps, while not out of their minds, aren't about to let the odds deter them from realizing their dreams. A little run-down building at the intersection of two vastly different ethnic neighborhoods in Williamsburg, Brooklyn is the place they'll stake their claim, one way or another.

The dream of opening a New York restaurant is nothing new. New York has long been the mecca for chefs, with a restaurant culture unmatched anywhere else in the world. Eat This New York takes a fascinating look at this world, contrasting the phenomenal success of chefs like Sirio Maccioni, Daniel Boulud and Rocco DiSpirito with the extrem...Read the entire review