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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 [ bleep ]." second was, "why?" why would jeremiah tower come to new york to work in one of the biggest, ...

>> 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 [ bleep ]." second was, "why?" why would jeremiah tower come to new york to work in one of the biggest, ...

>> andrew: here's a guy who's 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 you'd 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 it's going to be a homerun. do i think that will happen? i think -- i think there's a chance it will. >> ken: you know, stars was like the velvet underground. it wasn't really around long enough. it was only there, i don't know...

Just had a high-profile opening that landed with a big, horrifying thud? >> andrew: here's a guy who's 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 you'd 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 it's going to be a homerun. do i think that will happen? i think -- i think there's a chance it will. >> ken: you know, stars was like the velvet undergro...