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Greetings from Copenhagen! I’m currently visiting my sister, who moved out here a little over two years ago—right around when The Bear sent Marcus the pastry chef (Lionel Boyce) to travel around the city and learn about fancy pastries. After I interviewed Boyce that season , he pointed me to a hole-in-the-wall fried chicken joint called Poulette that he filmed a scene in for the show—and it’s somehow still a hidden gem in the city. (I visited for myself. True to his word, it’s game over if Poulette brings these sandwiches stateside.)
One thing I’ve learned during my tim