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Salt Bae Just Went Bankrupt – All Restaurants Shutting Down

Operator ZoneRestaurant Failures & Lessons/Myst/9:38

You can salt a tomahawk until your wrist cramps, but if you're running 60% food cost while paying Manhattan rents, the math doesn't care about your meme status. Salt Bae built an empire on spectacle — $2,000 steaks for people who confused expensive with good — but restaurants live and die on covers per square foot, not viral moments. The gimmick got him in the door. The numbers kicked him out.

— The Chef's Take

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