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NFT: M.Batali takes leave from restaurant empire sexual allegatio

DanMetroMan : 12/11/2017 8:04 am
Four women accuse the chef of inappropriate touching in a pattern of behavior that spans at least two decades, according to dozens of Eater interviews
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karma  
giantfan2000 : 12/11/2017 9:05 am : link
a friend knows Batali and my friend got me a reservation at one of his restaurants for my wife's birthday ..

my friend called Batali's office to thank Batali when his office found out it wasn't for my friend but for me - they pulled the reservation.
ruined my wife's birthday

Karma is a bitch ..
I'm surprised by this.  
Keith : 12/11/2017 9:09 am : link
Figured it would be 4 boys or men accusing him.
he use to force people  
GentleGiant : 12/11/2017 9:18 am : link
to eat his Italian sausage right on network tv from what I remember. I guess we live in different times now.
Sounds like he is setting himself up for a Senate run.  
GiantFilthy : 12/11/2017 9:23 am : link
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another story  
giantfan2000 : 12/11/2017 9:25 am : link
my friend went over his house in LI a few years ago and Balali let him sample wines from vineyard Batali was involved with . Batali asked if he wanted some of the wines and offer to send my friend a couple of bottles his wine . He sent a case to my friend and then sent him a bill for the case.

Babbo and Casa Mono are still great, but the other  
Jim in Hoboken : 12/11/2017 9:26 am : link
places? Not so much. I always feel inappropriately violated after paying for meals at his other places.
RE: Sounds like he is setting himself up for a Senate run.  
BurberryManning : 12/11/2017 9:26 am : link
In comment 13735049 GiantFilthy said:
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Lololol
I guess  
spike : 12/11/2017 9:27 am : link
Butt slapping is inappropriate nowadays
my wife just said  
UConn4523 : 12/11/2017 9:33 am : link
she was at an event he was attending and he was visually very touchy with people. She isn't surprised at all.
ITalian men  
spike : 12/11/2017 9:34 am : link
Are very friendly
Wasn't there a discussion here earlier  
Bill L : 12/11/2017 9:36 am : link
about American versus European difference in appropriate sexual behavior? Wait, is Batali actually Italian?
RE: ITalian men  
mattlawson : 12/11/2017 9:50 am : link
In comment 13735091 spike said:
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Are very friendly


LOL
RE: Sounds like he is setting himself up for a Senate run.  
TJ : 12/11/2017 10:05 am : link
In comment 13735049 GiantFilthy said:
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Haha perfect!
RE: Wasn't there a discussion here earlier  
UConn4523 : 12/11/2017 10:06 am : link
In comment 13735098 Bill L said:
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about American versus European difference in appropriate sexual behavior? Wait, is Batali actually Italian?


He's from Washington state I believe.
Are Batali's restaurants  
mikeygiants : 12/11/2017 11:45 am : link
kinda like this?
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Only 4 Women  
prh : 12/11/2017 12:15 pm : link
In 20 years. He's a disgrace to Italians everywhere.
RE: karma  
Jim in Fairfax : 12/11/2017 12:32 pm : link
In comment 13735007 giantfan2000 said:
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a friend knows Batali and my friend got me a reservation at one of his restaurants for my wife's birthday ..

my friend called Batali's office to thank Batali when his office found out it wasn't for my friend but for me - they pulled the reservation.
ruined my wife's birthday

Karma is a bitch ..

Yeah, that’s not karma. In the first place, it doesn’t sound like he had any personsl involvement. More importantly, this was about you using inside connections to.get special privledges you weren’t entitled to. The karma was losing your reservation.
Jim  
GeorgeAdams33 : 12/11/2017 1:12 pm : link
You are being a douche just for the sake of being a douche
kitchens of well known restaurants  
Les in TO : 12/11/2017 1:14 pm : link
are hot spots for this type of misconduct.
RE: I'm surprised by this.  
RinR : 12/11/2017 1:49 pm : link
In comment 13735015 Keith said:
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Figured it would be 4 boys or men accusing him.


Is he rumored to be gay? Or is this just a bad joke.
nope  
giantfan2000 : 12/11/2017 1:55 pm : link
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Yeah, that’s not karma. In the first place, it doesn’t sound like he had any personsl involvement. More importantly, this was about you using inside connections to.get special privledges you weren’t entitled to. The karma was losing your reservation.



sorry no -- every place in NYC has some sort of friends and family in .. it is just the way the world works..

if my friend had asked and they said no - then "ce la vie" no harm done ..
I think once they gave me the reservation then they should have honored it ..
to cancel it the day of the reservation shows zero class..

Holy crap did it ever occur to you  
idiotsavant : 12/11/2017 5:34 pm : link
That your pal jerked your chain and there was no reservation in the first place?

It's probably much better practice to just call direct and ask openly.

Restaurants hate 'I am old friends with Mr. Babo' hehehe bs lines like that.
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