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 Batali vs. the BankersPosted on Nov 10, 2011
Mario Batali, feel the wrath of the 1 percenters. The ginger-haired and orange-shod celebrity chef and owner of fancy New York eateries Babbo and Del Posto caused an uproar among Wall Streeters when he talked about bankers, Hitler and Stalin in the same sentence. Batali’s zinger happened at a Time magazine-sponsored lunch Tuesday, and a reporter from Forbes didn’t miss the chance to stir the pot with his target demographic later that day. By Thursday, the blowback was in full effect, as angry bankers took to the Web to exact revenge. Batali backpedaled, but he may have to do more than he’s done to win back the offended financiers and their mouth-watering expense accounts. —KA
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By chris witting, November 16, 2011 at 5:15 pm Link to this comment
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Mario Batali has stolen tips from his waiters. He should take it easy on the 99.9% himself.
Report thisBy Phillip Irwin, November 14, 2011 at 10:14 am Link to this comment
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Ah-hem….. 99% > 1%.
If the movement gets behind Batali - I’m SURE that there are more than enough in
Report thisNYC to make the absence of the Hitler- / Stalin-esque banker-scum a welcome
vacuum, space where worthy and welcome guests can eat and drink. Once it
becomes known that he has been e-black balled, that, too is likely to turn into a
windfall.
By caped amigo, November 13, 2011 at 12:06 pm Link to this comment
It may turn out to be a costly slip, but I admire Mario for having the courage to
Report thisspeak his mind. Unfortunately, few of us 99%ers can afford to eat at Mario’s
restaurants to take up the void.
I hope he finds a way to survive and at the same time serve us folks too. Would be
quite a victory.
By leakman, November 12, 2011 at 1:17 pm Link to this comment
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I like Mario Battali as a chef. But he caters to the same people he is being critical
Report thisof. That they sicked their “word goons” on him, is not suprising. They own the
media and they treat the common man like mushroom’s; feeding us shit everyday.
Maybe he could offer a $60 Prix Fixe meal, that is simply prepared, but has a
deliciousness, that would fill up his restaurants and say to hell with the Wall Street
assholes. Make up in volume, then you wouldn’t have to kiss their butts anymore.
By Outraged, November 12, 2011 at 12:13 am Link to this comment
Hilarious, rich people problems. What will they do?
Kinda funny how all those “you can’t boycott us” folks
IMMEDIATELY turned around and boycotted his
restaurants.
So boys and girls, when they say “they don’t care” if
Report thisyou boycott them and “it won’t work anyway”. Let this
be a lesson. It works just fine.
By horatio, November 11, 2011 at 3:36 pm Link to this comment
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poor fat bastard can’t say what he really thinks because the wall street parasites will send their paid trolls to write crappy reviews about his restaurant. It really shows their commitment to free markets and honest competition when they pay shills to do that kind of thing. Batali’s right, though. And just because he’s a successful so-and-so, that doesn’t mean he’s part of the problem.
Report thisBy OnePercentYuppieScum, November 11, 2011 at 11:46 am Link to this comment
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Batali and his ilk have been having their cake and eating their cake for a long time. They cater literally and figuratively to rich “foodie” types, and make their living hob nobbing with the 1% who are killing us all. What did Mario expect, a prize? He’s biting the hand that feeds HIM. Maybe he should put HIS money where his mouth is, and stop catering to the rich and get busy working to feed the poor and work toward making food in America that is available to the poor, more healthy AND palatable. Turnabout’s fair play. Wake up, Mario!
Report thisBy Leefeller, November 11, 2011 at 4:26 am Link to this comment
Well, more recently he could have cited examples .... like Gaddafi in Libya or the ass hole in Syria, don’t they qualify as the 1 percent?
Report thisBy Foucauldian, November 10, 2011 at 4:07 pm Link to this comment
Better yet, serve ‘em the dose of their own medicine.
Report thisBy mrfreeze, November 10, 2011 at 4:04 pm Link to this comment
Hey, Mario is from my neck of the woods (Seattle). Too bad he’s established himself so deeply in NYC. He should close down, tell all those Wall Street ass-holes to eat s**t and die, and come on back here.
Report thisBy gerard, November 10, 2011 at 3:06 pm Link to this comment
“Channeling some of the anger of Occupy Wall Street, Batali bemoaned the influence of the financial industry with a rather inapt comparison:” likening
Report thisthe Wall Street robbers to Hitler.
Corrections: Not an “inapt” comparison
Not a “betrayal” unless and until
speaking the truth becomes “betrayal”
Topsy-turvy world: $300 for a 7 course meal w. wine
while 30% of children in New York City under the age of 18 are living in POVERTY.(SamRoberts,NYT 9/22/11)
By eps62, November 10, 2011 at 1:25 pm Link to this comment
I guess Mario is one of the good Guy’s. He is an amazing chief.
Even with the negative comments about his restaurants
Report thisI would make sure to eat there, just cus.
By Foucauldian, November 10, 2011 at 1:12 pm Link to this comment
That would be a good one. Let the best restaurants in NYC refuse service to these three-piece empty suits.
Let them dine at the local taverns, rubbing elbows with the hoi poloi.
And no, I don’t mean the Tavern on the Green, which has long been extant.
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