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>> andrew: november 3rd, all of a sudden there was a tweet from "the new york times" saying something to the affect of, "jeremiah tower announced as new chef at tavern on the green." >> florence: the story went up online on monday and all hell broke loose. nobody could believe it. this is so out of left field. >> man: people were buzzing about it and talking about it, and all the blogs were going crazy and twitter went kind of nuts. >> anthony: i mean, my first reaction was of course, "holy [ bl...

>> andrew: november 3rd, all of a sudden there was a tweet from "the new york times" saying something to the affect of, "jeremiah tower announced as new chef at tavern on the green." >> florence: the story went up online on monday and all hell broke loose. nobody could believe it. this is so out of left field. >> man: people were buzzing about it and talking about it, and all the blogs were going crazy and twitter went kind of nuts. >> anthony: i mean, my first reaction was of course, "holy [ bl...

>> andrew: heres a guy whos been basically out of the profession as a working chef for 15 years, never operated a restaurant in new york city. it just seemed incredible to me. it seemed like something youd see in a movie, but would never happen in real life. >> florence: and yet, here he is, finally, coming to new york. i think you have to be excited. my hope is that its going to be a homerun. do i think that will happen? i think -- i think theres a chance it will. >> ken: you know, stars was li...

Just had a high-profile opening that landed with a big, horrifying thud? >> andrew: heres a guy whos been basically out of the profession as a working chef for 15 years, never operated a restaurant in new york city. it just seemed incredible to me. it seemed like something youd see in a movie, but would never happen in real life. >> florence: and yet, here he is, finally, coming to new york. i think you have to be excited. my hope is that its going to be a homerun. do i think that will happen? i...