
Two best friends from Minneapolis struggle to open a restaurant in the food capital of the world, as the city's legendary chefs and restaurateurs reflect on their lives in the business.... (Full plot summary below)
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Two best friends from Minneapolis struggle to open a restaurant in the food capital of the world, as the city's legendary chefs and restaurateurs reflect on their lives in the business.
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| Reeling ReviewsLaura Cliffordthe only feel we're given for the opening of a restaurant is the coping with building contractors...Café Moto literally arises from dust and ashes |
| Washington PostAnn HornadayThe ending is enormously satisfying and moving. |
| Film ThreatDean EdwardFilmmakers Rossi and Novak have done a wonderful job of making all of this entertaining, not just for those interested in the business, but to us ordinary joes as well. |
| Village VoiceRobert SietsemaThough the filmmakers had a great time following the Manhattan restaurateurs around, they abandoned the untidy Brooklyn story before the inevitable downward spiral that might have been our payoff as filmgoers. |
| The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe directors Andrew Rossi and Kate Novack may not be great filmmakers -- it's hard to tell, based on this bare-bones picture -- but they know a great story, and more important, how to tell it. |
| New York TimesElvis MitchellIt will be impossible for you to walk past a shuttered restaurant and not feel a chill after seeing this documentary. |
| Washington PostEve ZibartThe oddest thing about this sweet but not entirely satisfying documentary is how little food is involved. |
| VarietyRichard HarringtonThe docu, serving up interesting insights into the unique restaurant culture of NYC, should prove appetizing in urban venues. |
| New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanAn excellent idea that never quite pans out. |
| New York PostMegan LehmannSeem to have spliced together two different concepts which, on paper, may have seemed complementary but wind up giving the film a schizophrenic feel. |