Soul Kitchen NYT Critics' Pick

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Moritz Bleibtreu, left, and Adam Bousdoukos in “Soul Kitchen,” by the Turkish-German director Fatih Akin.
One Restaurant’s History, Spiked Desserts and All
By STEPHEN HOLDEN
Published: August 19, 2010

Spaghetti, spinach and French fries, all smothered in cream sauce: the menu at Soul Kitchen, a decrepit restaurant in a converted warehouse in an industrial section of Hamburg, Germany, may not be to everyone’s palate. But the place attracts a scraggly following of regulars who exit in a huff after its manager, Zinos Kazantsakis (Adam Bousdoukos), hires Shayn (Birol Ünel), a snooty culinary prima donna, as its new chef. More