Serious Eats
What to Watch on DVD: "I Like Killing Flies"
Legendary New York eatery Shopsin's reopened last week, in its latest incarnation at the Essex Street Market. A few years back, after inhabiting the same cramped space in Greenwich Village for decades, Shopsin's moved a few blocks to a bigger space. When that outpost closed late last year, some observers feared it was the end of the road for Kenny, the beloved and eccentric restaurateur. If you want to know meet the man, you've got a couple of options: 1. Find no more than three of your closest friends and visit the new space, where you can sample any of Kenny's hundreds of menu choices, or 2. Visit Netflix and cue up Matt Mahurin's 2004 documentary, I Like Killing Flies, which depicts the final months of the original location and documents Kenny's unique approach to food, life, and hospitality. It's a fascinating portrait of a profound, profane iconoclast. It's safe to say that Kenny's one of the most amazing characters in the restaurant business. The DVD also goes on sale in late September at Amazon
Previously on Serious Eats: Last Brunch at Shopsin's