The Quiet Service

Created and Curated by Ken Holm

Cincinnati, a snowy Saturday in January. Leitner's has served sauerbraten on Vine Street since 1974, and tonight is its last service. The chef died three weeks ago. You're the sous-chef with 180 covers on the books, and his family is fighting over the recipe book.

kitchen dramaNew

~116–118 pages · 12 chapters · 3 endings · 50M paths

A book that casts you as the lead

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This story asks: knife, family meal.

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