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Upper East Side Restaurant Nello Bans Single Women From Eating At The Bar
Because, apparently, the owners consider all of us escorts, and they have "special" seating rules for them.
And yes, this is as disgustingly ridiculous as it sounds, so let's backtrack.
This week, in an essay titled "The Night I Was Mistaken for a Call Girl," jet-setting creative executive Clementine Crawford shared her dehumanizing (in more ways than one) experience at her favorite uptown eatery upon a recent trip to New York.
"I perched at my favourite seat at the bar and started to respond to all the emails that had arrived on the flight over," she explains. "A waiter approached a familiar face, but oddly hesitant on this occasion. He advised with evident embarrassment that I was no longer permitted to eat at my usual spot and that I must now sit down at a table."
When she returned a few days later, she was told to move yet again. Then, from her new table, she watched as a fellow regular - a male one, that is - was served his meal without incident while perched on a stool at the bar. After rightfully speaking up, Crawford learned "that the owner had ordered a crackdown on hookers" and assumed management believed "upscale escorts working the bar lowered the tone of the place and would be less obvious if escorted behind a table."
She spoke to an owner, explained that she had been misidentified, and he responded "that he could run his business as he pleased, and that [she] was no longer welcome to eat at the bar, only at a table."
https://guestofaguest.com/new-york/restaurants/upper-east-side-restaurant-nello-bans-single-women-from-eating-at-the-bar
MineralMan
(146,319 posts)Stupid Owner - Stupid Rules! Now Out Of Business!
Running a restaurant in NYC is an iffy proposition, at best. Even well-financed, popular eateries close almost daily there. Now, this moron who owns this restaurant has done his best to kill his own business.
Why does he even care who eats at the bar? People come in, order some food and a drink, and then they leave. But, no...this moron decides that pretty women who sit at the bar are hookers, so no more of that nonsense.
Well, he'll soon be looking for a new location for a restaurant with a new name. NELLO is done.
Girard442
(6,081 posts)I'd expect this kind of thinking from a red state.
nycbos
(6,034 posts)cwydro
(51,308 posts)I hope the owner gets blowback.
Sorry to see there was no comment section.
MineralMan
(146,319 posts)They're not, shall we say, complimentary.
The news media has also picked up the story. NELLO will soon be NOLLO! Its owner is a moron, to say the least.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)Hope he apologizes or goes out of business.
riverwalker
(8,694 posts)The reason I like airports, is its the only time I can go up to a bar and have a drink without being self conscious, or guys thinking Im there to get picked up.
Its a simple luxury men have.
bullwinkle428
(20,629 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(33,379 posts)This is just a little bit nuts.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,776 posts)"Privilege" is basically a list of shit a person doesn't have to put up with. Male privilege includes being able to eat a meal at a bar without being assumed to be a prostitute.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,776 posts)But wouldn't incels welcome hookers, since they can't get it any other way?
Paladin
(28,267 posts)I know one restaurant I won't be patronizing. A guy has to maintain his standards, after all.
Oneironaut
(5,509 posts)It's also a culturally-accepted form of discrimination.
MaryMagdaline
(6,855 posts)Allowed to sit at the counters? Just move them to tables so it will be harder for them to make a connection.
superpatriotman
(6,249 posts)Or fundy of some stripe
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Seriously. Look him up - Nello Balan. He looks like a big pig. I am SURE he has never hired a sex worker.
MagickMuffin
(15,944 posts)WE ARE NOT WHORES
WE ARE NOT CALL GIRLS
WE ARE NOT ESCORTS
WE ARE BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS
And better yet write your thoughts down on those very lovely linens on the tables!!!
Or a large group of women take over the bar. No room for the men.
panader0
(25,816 posts)I'm bummed. Of course, I never get carded anymore either.....