Ben Starr

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  • A FRANK Tale: Side B

    Photos in this blog appear courtesy of Christian Eggers, unless otherwise stated. It has been 1 year, 1 month, and 2 weeks since I blogged last.  I’m lame. Actually, I’m just incredibly busy.  FRANK’s momentum has skyrocketed (along with its popularity…we’ve got almost 8,000 people on our list now) and it has kept me so…

  • A FRANK Tale: Passion

    (Most images in this post are courtesy of Stephanie M. Casey at Real Fine Food, a blogger who often attends our dinners to photograph and blast them onto social media.  Find her on Facebook and Instagram also.  Thanks, Stephanie!) FRANK has been getting an uncomfortable amount of press recently, and while we shouldn’t complain…(all the…

  • A FRANK Tale: Bread, Bread, Bread

    In mid December of 2013, Jennie Kelley and I decided it was finally time for a FRANK theme that we had been toying with for more than a year: Bread.  Homemade bread has been an integral part of our menus at FRANK since the very beginning, and diners always tell us that our homemade bread…

  • All About FRANK

    “Just who is this FRANK character and why does Ben Starr spend so much time with him?”  That’s a rough translation of an email I got from a delightful Italian fan last week.  Then I realized, many of you are intrigued with this FRANK thing I’ve got going on with my bestie from MasterChef Jennie…