Dave and Chris Finally Talk About 'The Bear': Season 2

The Dave Chang Show

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Society & Culture, Arts, Food

4.8 • 8.6K Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2025

⏱️ 96 minutes

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The Beef is gone. 'The Bear' (Season 2) is here. Dave and Chris start by talking about how underrated Chicago is as a food city and how it lends itself to culinary innovation. They then break down Season 2 of 'The Bear,' from poaching chefs to expediting. They talk some Sydney leadership criticism, the realities of the famous "Forks" episode, and how Carmy's relationship reflects real chef relationships. They finish with a MOIF about restaurants with wait lists you can join remotely. Listen to this episode, Chef! Catch up on Season 2 of The Bear here: https://www.hulu.com/series/05eb6a8e-90ed-4947-8c0b-e6536cbddd5fWatch our episode on Season 1 of The Bear here: https://youtu.be/gyFHTAZcDXgWatch the Happy Hour episode of Recipe Club here: https://youtu.be/6Vz1Dy75oKMLearn more about Avec here: https://www.avecrestaurant.com/Learn more about Kasama here: https://www.kasamachicago.com/Learn more about Pizza Lobo here: https://www.pizzalobo.com/Learn more about Publican Quality Meats here: https://www.publicanqualitymeats.com/Learn more about Ever here: https://www.ever-restaurant.com/Learn more about Alinea here: https://www.alinearestaurant.com/Learn more about Charlie Trotter’s here: https://www.charlie-trotters.com/Listen to the past episode with Alex Stupak here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1Jj55QsGmLU2RAj3UiZo94Read the NYT's 25 Years of Dining in New York City here: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/05/06/dining/25-years-nyc-restaurants.htmlRead William Grimes’s NYT WD-50 Review from 2003 here: https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/18/dining/restaurants-chef-s-second-course-is-food-for-thought.htmlWatch Dave and Rene Redzepi on Mind of a Chef here: https://youtu.be/m9eoysWdxLc?si=UjfCrnJcbvtrtFc3Learn more about Single Thread here: https://singlethreadfarms.com/restaurant/Watch the past episode with Will Guidara on Unreasonable Hospitality here: https://youtu.be/YyFveotyzTAWatch the past episode with Paul Carmichael on Kabawa here: https://youtu.be/J6gvc7ICJtoRead the NYT's 100 Best Restaurants In New York City 2025 List here: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/dining/best-nyc-restaurants.htmlSend in your questions to [email protected] to the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thedavechangshow.Subscribe to Recipe Club on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@recipeclubofficial.Submit your favorite food moments in your favorite movies to majorfoodporn.com.Join our community Discord on majordomo.com. Hosts: Dave Chang and Chris Ying Majordomo Media Producers: Kelsey Rearden and David Meyer Spotify Producer: Felipe Guilhermino and T Cruz Editor: Stefano Sanchez Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:29.8	Stay tuned because today we're going to be doing season two of the bear. This is easily,
0:36.0	over the past, what, four years since it's been out,
0:37.9	the most requested item we talk about by far and away.
0:41.4	And with season four coming out, we did season one a little bit ago.
0:46.6	And today we're going to talk about season two.
0:48.7	We're also going to talk about the city of Chicago, which plays a big role in this.
0:51.7	And maybe a couple other things to start off the podcast let's get
0:55.1	going welcome to the dave chang show part of the ring of podcast network presented by major
1:01.5	double media thank you yolotango as always uh as i mentioned the very top we're going to be covering
1:07.1	not one episode but season two and for me it's really just a couple episodes to really
1:12.6	focus on and we're going to talk about eating in the city of chicago a city mr yingier knows
1:20.3	a little bit better than myself a city i begrudgingly know well you know does this ever happen to you
1:27.4	do you have this thing where people you know from Chicago are just so happy to be from
1:32.5	Chicago?
1:34.9	You know, it's got a little bit of everything.
1:38.1	I love it as a city.
1:39.2	I'm just saying, I genuinely do.
1:41.2	I've just like lived with Chicagoans and I was always just like, why do we talk about Chicago so much?
1:47.6	Why do you just not stop talking about Chicago? Like, people who are from Chicago love Chicago.
1:53.3	I mean, if you're from Chicago, you'd probably sound the same way. I mean, how many times I have to hear about the Bay Area?
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