I Regret Almost Everything (Unabridged)
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Publisher Description
New York Times Bestseller
The entertaining, irreverent, and surprisingly moving memoir by the visionary restaurateur behind such iconic New York institutions as Balthazar and Pastis.
A memoir by the legendary proprietor of Balthazar, Pastis, Minetta Tavern, and Morandi, taking us from his gritty London childhood in the fifties to his serendipitous arrival in New York, where he founded the era-defining establishments the Odeon, Cafe Luxembourg, and Nell’s. Eloquent and opinionated, Keith McNally writes about the angst of being a child actor, his lack of insights from traveling overland to Kathmandu at nineteen, the instability of his two marriages and family relationships, his devastating stroke, and his Instagram notoriety.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Restaurateur Keith McNally has been reshaping New York’s dining scene since the 1980s. In this revealing and unexpectedly moving memoir, he looks back on the wild ride that got him there. After travelling from working-class East London to an Israeli kibbutz, he landed in Manhattan with dreams of filmmaking, only to end up shucking oysters. But he rose from that bottom rung to opening legendary restaurants like Balthazar, collecting funny, biting, jaw-dropping stories along the way. (Like when he infamously banned James Corden for being rude to the staff, and the time he didn’t recognize Hollywood legend Ingrid Bergman.) McNally writes with warmth and wit about the camaraderie of restaurant life and about his recovery from a massive stroke in 2016. Actor Richard E. Grant’s pitch-perfect narration channels McNally’s raffish charm, making this a thoroughly delightful listen.
