Paul Reiser, Onion Bagel with Lox from Barney Greengrass

Your Last Meal with Rachel Belle

Rachel Belle

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4.4 • 709 Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2018

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Comedy legend, author, and actor Paul Reiser (Mad About You, Stranger Things) is a New York native whose last meal is as classic and old-school NYC as it gets!

Barney Greengrass has been serving up scrambled eggs with sturgeon, bagels with lox, and black and white cookies since 1908. Rachel talks with 3rd-generation owner Gary Greengrass about the origins of his Upper West Side institution and how they've managed to stay in business, through wars and economic crashes, for 110 years.

Rachel also digs into the history of another legendary NYC staple: the black and white cookie. And Paul tells us why he firmly believes that when it comes to food, simpler is better.

See Paul Reiser on tour, follow his TV/movie appearances, and buy any of his best-selling books at paulreiser.com.

If you don't live in "The Big Apple" (that's what the locals call it!!!!), you can still order the best smoked fish in the country at barneygreengrass.com.

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0:00.0	Alaska Airlines has teamed up with Hawaiian Airlines to create new nonstop international flights.
0:05.8	Go to Alaskaair.com or Hawaiian Airlines.com and I'll tell you more details later in the show.
0:11.6	Cairo, Seattle.
0:30.8	I'm Rachel Bell, and this is your last meal, a show about famous people and the stories behind the foods they love most.
0:34.4	Today on the program, comedian and actor Paul Reiser.
0:37.5	Paul starred in Mad About You with Helen Hunt.
0:39.4	He also co-created the show.
0:43.1	He co-wrote the theme song, and he played piano on the track.
0:47.9	And I just realized that Paul Reiser starred in My Two Dads.
0:48.9	Did you know that?
0:50.3	No, I didn't know that. I didn't either.
0:51.2	But when I think back, I'm like, yeah, yeah, that was him. That was a show that made me want to change my name to Stacy because the girl who was the star, her name was Stacy, and she looked super cool. She also looked how they described Stacy on the babysitters club. But I digress. Most recently, Paul Reiser has been on Stranger Things. He created a show called Here's Johnny. And five years ago, Paul went back to stand-up comedy.
1:13.5	It felt exactly as it felt when I was 18 in that it was just as exciting and just as hard and just as fun.
1:20.3	And there aren't that many things that you can replicate from being 18.
1:24.8	As I got off the age, I thought, oh, yeah, there's a reason I love to doing this.
1:28.6	Thanks to Paul, we're going to highlight a New York City institution, Barney Greengrass,
1:33.6	a restaurant and appetizing store on the Upper West Side.
1:37.3	Now, we'll explain what an appetizing store is later in the show,
1:39.8	but Barney Greengrass has been serving up scrambled eggs with sturgeon,
1:43.8	bagels with locks, and black and white cookies in New York City since 1908.
1:49.0	And Gary Greengrass is the third generation owner.
1:51.6	I always say the place is like a comfortable shoe.
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