[Rick Lee]

My wife was just reading a Chinese chat board's discusison to me on Yao Ming's place in Houston. One person said even P.F. Chang's has better food. That got me thinking. How many of these folks open restaurants that only stay open because of their investor(s)?

In college I worked at Phil McConkey's place in NJ, which went out of business. I went to work one day and the doors were locked. Joe Theisman's palce in Alexandria, VA is never crowded, but seems to stay above water. I don't think Mick Fleetwood has his place in Alexandria anymore. I went to Alice Cooper's bar in Phoenix a while back, even just before a baseball game (it's right next to the stadium) and it was empty. Didn't Joe DiMaggio have a place in San Fran.? I though Mickey Mantle and Michael Jordan had restaurants too. I had a beer at Clint Eastwoods place in Carmel once and was the only person there, though it was midday. What's up with that? Seems like Sammy Hagar's place in Cabo is the only one that really makes a buzz.