The Bear

Please, chefs, I need communication.

- Where we at? - Ten. Twenty. Thirty.

- Dragging hard. - Gotta pivot.

- Hands. - Carm.

Fuck.

Hands, please.

I'm ready to walk these three bananas.

- Hold. We got backed up, Chef. - How long?

- A minute. - All right.

Tina, scratch three more bananas.

- Hands, please. - Enough, enough, enough.

- Hands! Hands over here! - God.

- Guys, how are we doing on the Wagyu? - Table 13.

We are getting killed.

- How are we doing on Wagyu? - Is someone gonna answer that?

Nat, Nat, what's my count?

- Chefs, I need an answer. - Five all day, Chef. Five.

- We need six on Wag. Six. - Yeah? Five? Six? Six.

T, we're down six Wagyu and also a Parm brick. Can I get hands, please?

Thanks, Chef.

Okay, guys, please, can we watch our volume?

I-I-I realize that I'm also yelling right now.

- Chef! - But quieter.

- Chef. - Thank you.

Chef, table 35.

- What? What is this? - It's table 35.

Uh, for what?

- Jess, are you aware of this? - No, Chef.

- A surprise from Richie. - What?

We weren't aware of this. You have to go through us.

Richie asked for it.

Okay, but we didn't know, so you have to tell us.

- Okay. - Dude.

I understand. Yes, okay.

- T, we're down another Wagyu. - Wagyu.

- Oh, shit. No. - Yes.

Luca, can you please come over and help Nat?

- Yes, Chef. - Thank you.

Thank you, Luca. These gotta walk soon.

Chef, just so you're aware, I'm gonna start pouring a little less

because people are hanging out over there,

- and I need those tables. - Great, I love that. Thank you.

I need three tables, like, five minutes ago!

Volume, volume, volume, volume.

Yo, we gotta go. Sprint mode, sprint mode…

- Yeah, okay. Volume down. - Yeah, yeah, I got you. Okay.

- Uh, where are we at? - Nowhere close to being caught up, Chef.

- Great. Good. - And the 6:30s are gonna be late too.

- I'm not gonna pull any punches. - Perfect.

It's getting spicy out there. We're good, though. We're good.

- Yo, cousin, what's up with the Wagyu? - Almost there.

Hey, volume down. And the verbals… can't. You gotta go through us. We need to know.

- I'm just trying to hurry, Sydney. - Okay, I appreciate it.

- I'm also trying to hurry. - I'm behind, all right?

- I don't know what to tell you. - Dude, all of us are behind.

I'm leading this kitchen. I need your help.

- I don't wanna get into an ego thing. - It's not an ego thing.

Dude, I'm sorry that I spoke over you. Please don't speak over me. Dude.

Okay. Is this fighting? Is this nice? What are we...

I think this is organization. Communication.

Okay. Heard, heard, Chef, I'm sorry. Uh, seven is dragging.

- Seven is dragging, Chef. - Seven is Wagyu.

We will do our best to be better at Wagyu for you, okay?

- Thank you. - I'm sorry.

- Homey. Thank you, Chef. - Thank you.

Thank you.

All right. Fuck me.

Okay. Are you guys good? You got Burgundy, right?

You guys good, good, good? Everyone's all right here?

Oh, yes. Thank you.

Okay, fuck me, fuck me, fuck me.

Fuck me.

- How are we doing, Garrett? - Hey, good.

I was talking to these lovely guests.

And I'm so appreciative of your time. It's gonna be a little bit longer.

- I'm so appreciative of it. - Yes, yes, tremendous.

Dr. Cahill, we are gonna get you seated

for this special anniversary dinner very, very soon.

How'd you… How'd know our name?

Well, tell me the secret to 25 years of marriage,

and I'll tell you my secrets.

- Just bear with us one more second. - Okay.

- Yo, Garrett. - Yes.

- What the fuck is up with the rain? - They said three or four more...

- Minutes? Inches? Okay, all right. - Minutes, minutes, minutes.

Hey, hey, well, what are we gonna do about this?

We're gonna create a table.

- How? Tell me how. How? How? - Magic, baby. Magic. Magic.

- Yo, Neil. - I am getting dusted right now,

- and I'm so behind. - You're great. You're perfect.

Go downstairs, get the card table, bring it upstairs.

- Go. - What? Where?

Card table downstairs. Make it happen upstairs.

- Go. Go. - Chef.

- Wrong way. Okay. - Fuck me. Fuck me.

Oh! Mr. D, how are you guys doing? You psyched for this new course coming up?

- Yeah, I think so. I mean… - Yeah.

- …we've been waiting for a little bit. - No, I'm aware. That's my fault.

I apologize. Uh, but I think you're gonna be psyched.

They're making genius… you know, something pretty special for you tonight.

- Really? What are you making? - All right, well, I can't tell.

- But just stick around. You'll find out. - Special?

How's that Aligoté, hmm? Banger.

Anything and everything. We gotta walk,

- and we gotta walk fast. - Yes, Chef!

Yo, table 35's been waiting fifteen minutes for six.

- Please, bump it. I'm begging you. - Richie…

Yeah, okay. You heard him. Thank you. You're great.

- Also, we need a surprise. - You're killing me.

Two bites. Come on. Two bites. Surprise.

- Carm, uh, two bites. Dealer's choice. - Chef.

- Yes! I love this shit. - Get down.

- Chef Marcus. - Yo.

- Tuile, do you have any? - Uh, maybe. What you need?

Uh, let me think, two bites.

Uh, Noma Journal, Napa Journal, uh, page 70.

- Got you. Yo, Chef T. - Yes.

What kind of fish we got left?

Uh, smoked salmon from yesterday's family.

- We accept. - Okay, Chef.

What's happening? What's happening? I see you.

I always see you. What are you doing? Why?

I'll explain later, I swear to God. Guys, listen up, huddle up.

Okay. Garrett, Richie, and Chuckie are all in position.

They're waiting for my signal.

Okay, we're gonna move very quickly on this one.

I move through the door, you stay close. I tap my shoulder, you drop it.

- Understood? - Chef.

- Let's go. - Oh, boy.

Got you, got you.

Slowly. Wait a little while.

Behind you.

Check this out.

All right, you just come around this way here.

Here we go.

Best seat in the house. There you are.

Okay. Now Gary's gonna be right over. He's gonna get you started on some drinks.

In the meantime, thank you so much for your patience.

Really appreciate you guys. Salut.

- Thank you. - All right. Good.

Okay. Okay.

Two minutes, chefs.

- Rene, we good? - We're good, Chef.

- Walking 10, 20, 30. - Napkin, please.

T, can you come out and help over here, please?

- Rene, I need fresh setups. - Yeah, I'm on it.

- Carm, you need hands? - I got it. I got it.

- Chef. - Goddamn, cousin.

- This is a play on the French... - Oh, no, no, no, I know what it is.

Okay. Hands.

Let's go!

Okay, friends and famiglia, you guys, I'm so sorry about the wait.

I think… I hope it's gonna be worthwhile.

This right here, this is a nod to the homey in Napa, the GOAT, TK.

This is a salmon coronet finished with dill.

You eat it in one bite. It's like a savory ice cream.

Also, keeping on the QT here,

you guys are the only ones enjoying this tonight, okay?

Mangia, baby.

Thank you.

All right, I got one table down. I still need two.

- What are we calling the new table? - Twenty-two.

- Then what are we calling table 22? - Twenty-two and a half.

- You didn't cancel anyone, did you? - Gary.

- Please. - Heard.

- Not the best time, Jimmy. - I'm meeting Mr. Thomas in the office.

- Who? Okay, sure. - Hey, Uncle J.

So weird. They were right here.

- How many? - Five. Five spoons.

- And now they're just, like, gone. - Okay.

We have a half hour to clear the tables for the 7:00 reservations.

Yeah, I'm aware.

I-I mean, I can make portions even smaller than they are already.

- Yeah, okay. - You need anything, Chef?

Oh, uh… Yes, please,

- the garbage, it's kind of… - Oh, yeah. It's disgusting, yeah.

- Chef. - Thank you.

Hands, please.

- You okay out here? - Oh, hey.

Yeah. You know, I love garbage, so yeah.

And, uh, Richie told me, uh, to come tell him when it stops raining,

so I got that going for me which is nice, so.

Cool.

- Hands. - So what's the vibe?

- What vibe? - You know, the vibe.

- What vibe? - Richie.

- Oh, um… I… What do you mean? - Okay.

Was there, like, a vibe?

'Cause, like, sometimes, like, there is a vibe,

but, like, I don't know if it actually is a vibe.

Is that gonna be, like, a thing?

- Yeah, I just… - Can I get hands, please?

- I am focused on the 7:00 p.m.s coming in. - No, you're not.

I just, uh, went to Crazy Mary's house

with Unc and Chuckie and somebody named Cheese.

- For what? - Air rights.

Ah.

- Bet you came up empty. - Correct.

Unc's out of money, Nat.

I know.