"Since opening Cote Korean Steakhouse in Flatiron in 2017, restaurateur Simon Kim has expanded to Miami, Singapore, Las Vegas - and back to New York. Next year, he will launch a three-level midtown surf-and-turf extravaganza, 550 Madison, with a bar he compares to Grand Central Terminal on the ground floor, along with another Cote downstairs and a sushi restaurant upstairs."
"I wake up around 6 a.m. in my Tribeca loft. That's usually around the time Teddy, my 11-month-old bernedoodle, gets up from where she sleeps by the dresser and comes over to my bed. I just got back from Las Vegas last night, so I'm easing back into my normal routine. I start the day like I always do, with a playlist of Japanese and Gregorian chants from an app."
Simon Kim opened Cote Korean Steakhouse in Flatiron in 2017 and expanded locations to Miami, Singapore, Las Vegas, and back to New York. Plans include a three-level Midtown venue called 550 Madison with a Grand Central–like ground-floor bar, another Cote downstairs, and a sushi restaurant upstairs. The buzziest concept in his Gracious Hospitality Management group is Coqodaq, a Flatiron Korean fried chicken spot known for viral chicken nuggets topped with caviar. Korean fried chicken traces its popularity to American GIs in the 1950s, and South Koreans have since adapted the Southern dish. Kim was born in Seoul and moved to Long Island at 13. His daily routine includes waking around 6 a.m., tending to his bernedoodle Teddy, listening to Japanese and Gregorian chants, and drinking lukewarm lemon water morning and night while balancing constant tastings and restaurant openings.
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