Is Bradley Cooper opening a restaurant in NYC?

Just before Christmas, 12-time Oscar nominee Bradley Cooper stunned New Yorkers in the East Village when he attended the soft opening of Danny & Coop’s Cheesesteaks, his new restaurant reportedly open full-time at 151 Avenue A at 10th Street. Philly Cheesesteaks distributed this month.

The culinary venture is a collaboration between Cooper and Danny DiGiampietro, owner of Angelo’s Pizzeria in South Philadelphia.

Although there is no official announcement yet, rumor has it that the new restaurant will officially open sometime this month.

Although the company’s official Instagram account currently lacks much information, the profile notes that it will be “back in January 2025.”

Given the extent of Cooper’s celebrity, it’s no surprise that the place was packed during the soft opening event in late December, with people braving the lines to devour the only item on the menu (a Philly cheesesteak, of course) and one To catch a glimpse of co-owners in the flesh.

According to an unofficial analysis of social media posts about the food on offer, the cheesesteak was actually pretty good.

“Coop was in line out of sight of the dining area making these top notch cheesesteaks,” one user noted on Instagram.

“Only quality ingredients go into these sandwiches,” someone else commented on the platform. “The combination of spicy Cooper steak and perfectly cooked steak melts in your mouth between slices of fresh sesame bread.”

This isn’t Cooper’s first foray into the culinary world: In 2023, the actor ran a Danny & Coop’s Cheesesteaks food truck in the city, which received mostly positive reviews. And let’s not forget Cooper’s role as top chef Adam Jones in the 2015 film Burned: It’s clear the actor knows a thing or two about food.