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Jordan's Misteak: No Kobe Beef On Menu
By Dean Christopher
Date: 04-11-2006 |
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| His steakhouse doesn't, but Michael Jordan might have a Kobe beef. |
It's all but a formality. Barring an implosion in the final week of regular-season play, Lakers guard Kobe Bryant will become the first man since Michael Jordan to average more than 35 points per game. In a seemingly unrelated story, Michael Jordan's Steak House in New York's Grand Central Station doesn’t offer Kobe beef on its menu, in spite of the obvious marketing opportunities.
For those of you not “in the know,” Kobe beef is a marbled and very tender beef made from cows that are fed a diet enriched with beer and massaged with sake by attendants in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan – extravagant stuff, indeed.
Perhaps Jordan's posh dining experience isn't quite as upscale as he'd like us to believe.
Or could it be that MJ has a beef with his "Air" apparent?
“It’s a fine dining establishment and a very serious restaurant,” said Penny Glazier, co-owner of Michael Jordan’s Steak House N.Y.C. “To the best of my knowledge, the only reason why we don’t serve Kobe beef is because our chef chose not to put it on the menu.”
Who knows?
At least we can all agree that Jordan – ultra-competitive and ever-protective of his legacy – would never accept that Kobe beef might be better than anything on his menu.
Dean Christopher Chiungos is a fantasy baseball writer for MLB.com and an Eagle-Tribune columnist. E-mail him at dean.christopher@deans-list.net. |
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