Houston restaurateur Ben Berg recently announced two new concepts and reader/listener they are a little weird.
I chatted with Underground Creamery owner Josh Deleon about why using words and phrases like elevated, clever, or ingredient driven approach, to describe your take on food from a cultural group you're not part of, at a restaurant with random Chinese-sounding last name, has ick written all over it.
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Check out great reporting from local writers that informed this episode:
Upcoming Chinese restaurant Benny Chows called out for 'problematic' concept: https://www.chron.com/food/article/benny-chows-houston-17776488.php
Houston's red-hot restaurateur Ben Berg plans new Chinese eatery and rooftop bar on Washington Avenue:
https://houston.culturemap.com/news/restaurants-bars/ben-berg-hospitality-benny-chows-canopy-social-washington-avenue-1/
Benjamin Berg Will Open a New Rooftop Bar and an Upscale Chinese Restaurant on Washington Ave.:
https://houston.eater.com/2023/1/30/23573408/benjamin-berg-new-rooftop-bar-chinese-restaurant-houston?_gl=1*1ew85cj*
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