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Starry Kitchen will continue to fight for its balls
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Feb 5, 2015
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Starry Kitchen will continue to fight for its balls
The pop-up restaurant did not meet its Kickstarter goal of $500,000 so it could finally have a permanent home, but owner Nguyen Tran remains hopeful
Starry Kitchen's famous crispy tofu balls.
Starry Kitchen's famous crispy tofu balls.
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The pop-up restaurant did not meet its Kickstarter goal of $500,000 so it could finally have a permanent home, but owner Nguyen Tran remains hopeful

Two months ago, we told you about a Kickstarter campaign launched by the owners of the LA eatery Starry Kitchen. 

Nguyen Tran and his wife decided it was time to go big or go home. They wanted to raise $500,000 to find a permanent home for their pop-up restaurant, which had been roaming from space-to-space over several years despite being enshrined in Jonathan Gold's list of the top 101 Best Restaurants.

They called the campaign, "Save our Balls," a reference to their delicious signature dish, tofu balls. Nguyen Tran joined Take Two to update us on what happened.