Screenshot from the archived site of "Mehran's Steak House." The text reads: MEHRAN'S STEAK HOUSE You've heard about it. Now come live our revolutionary steak experience. There's a phone number, an address described as "Upper East Side, New York, NY" And then it finishes with: Reservations required. The steak house is fully booked for the next six months. Leave your telephone number below, and we will be in touch when tables are available.

Mehran’s Steakhouse

This is an amazing story about an even more amazing prank. To be honest, I’m not quite sure how I stumbled across it. One of those “search for topic A and get sidetracked onto topic B” kind of deals.

So, the super short version is, Mehran’s Steak House is this super-amazing restaurant on New York’s Upper East Side. Except it isn’t. But then, for one night, it was.

Rather than me mangling it, go read the full story on SubStack.