Eat This New York (2004)

Eat This New York is the story of two best friends struggle to open a restaurant in the food capital of the world As Billy Phelps and John McCormick suffer through financial crisis the loss of their chef and a crumbling relationship the filmmakers turn the camera on New York Citys legendary restaurateurs who prove that dreams can come true Billy and Johns gamble to open a restaurant together takes shape on Division Street a unique block in Brooklyn that separates the Satmar Jewish community of Williamsburg from the Latino neighborhood of the South Side During the course of a year they convert a former checkcashing shop located under the elevated train tracks of the JMZ subway lines into a retro speakeasy But before the restaurant is fully built they come close to bankruptcy and almost call it quits on their friendship