First came a Mr. Chow in London, then a Mr. Chow in Los Angeles, and then, in 1979, a Mr. Chow in New York, on East 57th Street.
Mr. Chow, in fact, has music-industry roots.
High-end restaurants, like my favorite, Mr. Chow in Beverly Hills, are still almost impossible to get into.
Someone had dumped a mass of metal-lined plastic vats that are normally used for serving hot chow in the field.
Maybe people want to watch chefs on TV while eating microwave chow in order to remind themselves that there are still cooks in this godforsaken world.
Considering its provenance, it is no surprise that Chow in New Haven is a fun place to be, and serves very good, creative food.
THE PLACE The Victoria's Secret angel and the star of the upcoming "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" checks out of Mr. Chow in Los Angeles.
The most recent polls of the mayoral race had shown Rob Ford trailing well behind John Tory, the former leader of the Progressive Conservative Party, with another challenger, Olivia Chow, in third place.
In his 20's, as he had explained to me in June over dinner at Mr. Chow in Beverly Hills, he played characters like a Mexican pearl diver on an episode of "Cannon".
Not that he's had to come far: five years after setting up Mr Chow in London, he opened one in Beverly Hills and has lived in Los Angeles ever since.
