Shunned NYC restaurateur Ken Friedman quietly worked to bring LA hotspot horses to life (via eaterla)
, pursuing what he believes to be an agreed-upon 20 percent stake in the profits from the restaurant.
Friedman maintains that he is a profit-sharing owner of what is one of Hollywood’s most darling new restaurants. “I own 20 percent of Horses,” he says. “It just doesn’t make any sense for me to say anymore that I’m not [an owner] ... People know, the word’s out. Why should I hide it?” In later texts, dated to October 2021, shortly after Horses had opened, Friedman appears concerned about the state of their apparent off-the-books agreement. “I am a partner,” he writes. “You are excluding me from this project. Are you taking the position that I am no longer a partner?”