Turkey and the Wolf's wild year as America's best new restaurant (TD shout out)

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By the end of that week, Hereford promoted two cooks to sous chefs, making them managers. He ended dinner and started closing at 5 p.m. Salaries went up. More employees got health insurance.

“The restaurant hasn’t changed, just the amount of people that read about it has changed,” he said.

The number of people who go to it also changed, and that constant crowd keeps some locals away.

“I can see why it would be frustrating for someone if you just came in for a sandwich,” he said. “It makes perfect sense not to stand in that line for that sandwich.”

Even if Turkey and the Wolf has become a place Hereford could not have imagined, he wants to be clear that he’s grateful for this year.

“You can’t complain about the greatest thing that ever happened to you,” he said.

And he knows it might not last. Next year, or maybe the year after, the crowds could dwindle away.

“Then we end up being the restaurant we always intended to be,” he said. “If that’s the worst case scenario, it’s not that bad.”

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He kind of gets it, I think.

Despite the fact they read these forums they still serve an asparagus sandwich.

LoL. Took some friends there right after they opened one afternoon before a Saint's game. I misjudged my friends palates I guess because I really liked the place and they couldn't stand it. At the time, they made fun of me for taking them there. Now it is famous and I keep hearing them tell people how they ate there back in the day.