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Local celebrichef suddenly closes three of her restaurants
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Ruh roh
My hubby is going to be upset I never used those 7 year old gift cards for Sportello
They should issue…
…. refunds. Hope you get them.
This is one of the reasons gift cards are such a pain in the ass. Just give people the cash!!!
As Elaine Benes said
Cash? What are you, my uncle?!
What do you want instead?
A bench?
Other restaurants are still open
Maybe they will accept them?
Yes
"Gift cards purchased for the closing Lynch restaurants will be redeemable at No. 9, B&G Oysters, or The Rudder."
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/01/05/business/barbara-lynch-closing-re...
Drink, no more?
That would be sad. I really liked their style of bespoke drinks, and the bartenders were always cool.
Been wanting to go there for
Been wanting to go there for years what a bummer Drink is gone, We need more craft and speakeasy places here!
This is sad to see.
So many good people just lost their jobs. Her drinking and mental health issues have had a terrible effect on her employees.
I'm guessing
Her troubles have more of a terrible effect on her than her employees.
Don’t count on it.
But it’s not a competition. Everyone suffers when an out of control abusive boss lets loose. Them too, when employees become less productive and start walking off the job.
Well.
It's always someone else's fault with her. Staff miserable and even dying? It's the staff's fault. The public mad that employees don't want to be physically harassed at work? It's the media's fault. Now its probably: can't pay the rent? Landlord's fault.
Agree
I was thinking the same thing. She has caused a lot of her own trouble in the past, so it's not unlikely that she had something to do with this trouble too.
I also wouldn't be surprised if said Landlord
Is already working on a lawsuit.
You KNOW she did this out of spite and didnt think it through and is going to be on the hook for $$$.
She has had alot of space in
She has had alot of space in the seaport/fort point since before it was fancy. I can believe the rent is going way up. She probably made a killing of late nights at sportello and drink alone if she's been paying 2009 rent all this time.
doncha mean "Celebrichef", Super Chief?
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Oy
Yep, fixed.
what a shame
Menton was quite spectacular -- expensive to be sure -- but was a rare treat that never failed to please. I actually put in for a reservation this week for my wife and I's 10th wedding anniversary and didn't hear back, but now I know why.
I wonder what will become of Fort Point going forwards. Probably a PF Changs and Starbucks or some other boring corporate shit. Whatever replaces Menton almost certainly won't have butter soup (that was a real thing and it had a lot of caviar in it and was incredible)
Grow up, Barbara.
You're a mess.
Not enough patrons to step up
Not enough patrons to step up? What was Fieri's reason for closing? Wait. Sorry. Not a fair comparison question. My bad.
Chefs are heroes!
It is a tragedy when a heroic chef declines in their heroism. Without celebrity chefs who is there to look up to? Astronauts who risk their lives in exploration of the unknown? They stay unknown. Journalists who risk their lives in wars? What they get for sticking their nose in dictators' and religious fanatics' business. Doctors who enter nations where just being a human being (especially a Gay human being) is a threat to the lives? Their choice. To all of them: Pshaw! Nobodies.
But chefs are out there, battling government officials who demand clean kitchens, employees who don't like being yelled at, drunk customers who declare nobody knows how important they are. Heck, chefs are battling each other for fame - Gordon Ramsey would be just another well regarded restauranteur, but not world famous, if he could not tear down other chefs.
Without chefs as our heroes we are left adrift not knowing who to look up to.