Stephan's Old Town Sabor is regularly a place to see and be seen, and not just for well-known Wichitans. It's a celebrity gathering spot as well.
Sunday, Harrison Ford, Neil Young and Food Network star Alton Brown were all dining there separately.
"I had all three of them," Stephan says.
Ford dines with him so much they're on a first-name basis.
Young, whom Stephan describes as "nice, but he's not very talkative," is a bigger fan of Stephan's Egg Cetera restaurant, where he usually eats breakfast while in town.
But it's Brown who, naturally, the chef in Stephan wanted to impress.
"I was at home, and the manager texted me," he says. "She said, 'Oh, ah, Alton Brown is here eating.'
"I said, 'I better come down there.' "
Stephan is a Brown fan.
And Brown was appreciative in return.
"He was very happy with the food," Stephan says, "and very complimentary."
It is always nice to read good things about people you admire. Everyone who has met him seems to have a great experience. I know from meeting him three times (soon to be four!) the encounters have been super. He is a genuinely nice man.
Oh, if Alton ever suddenly appeared at some place where I was, you all know I would faint. Come on, I knew I'd be meeting him in Nashville and completely blanked on my name! But I do wish he'd make a stop here in WV on a book tour someday. But no one I like every comes here. :(
I'm wondering if he's is filming something for Good Eats out in Kansas?
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My first thought was he was there filming something for GE too. But, what Kansas is known for is beef. AB has done so many beef shows, I wonder what was left to do? Then I got to thinking... a lot of bison are raised in the state. Was there a couple summers ago, and we loaded up the freezer in the RV with cuts of bison to bring back home. Could there be a bison GE in the works?
I doubt Harrison Ford is scouting a film location, or Neil Young is looking for lyrical inspiration. Alton probably just heard about it through the grapevine and was in town and decided to stop by.
Alton's website says he planned on finishing his pilot's license soon, so he could have been here for flying lessons or to buy a plane. (That's why Harrison Ford is always in town, for flying lessons. Neil Young is here because Jonathan Goodwin is modding his Lincoln.)
I also see Alton is filming a show on pork tenderloins this month which is a midwest specialty, so he may have been killing two birds with one stone.
Hi coppercorn, welcome.
I was wondering what would bring Harrison Ford there too. LOL
Thanks for the info for Wichita being a fly lessons hotspot. ;)
I read were he flew to Miami in December, I think he's doing that more now so your theory might be correct. :)
I work at a restaurant in Vegas that gets its share of famous guests, including some Food Network folks, producers I believe. Everyone I work with is well aware that if AB ever comes in I am to be notified IMMEDIATELY! God knows I showed off my pics from meeting him enough, and we always have FN on the tv in the bar, they all should recognize him no problem :)
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