"As they strip the restaurant down to its bones, the crew undertakes transformational journeys of their own, each forced to confront the past and reckon with who they want to be in the future," a press release for the new season reads. The Bear Season 2 follows award-winning chef Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto and his kitchen staff as they transform the grimy sandwich shop The Original Beef of Chicagoland into The Bear — a fancier, family-style restaurant.