Gothamist: Gothamist Talks to Rocco's Kitchen Manager

judy ginieczki

Mon, 15 Mar 2004 12:25:11 -0500

Let me take it one step further, I am looking forward to the airing of the new show. I thought it was a great show and enjoyed it very much. Mark Burnett, the executive producer is a very talented person with a vision, who has done shows like The Survivor and The Apprentice. When we were there for dinner, we had a waiter, named Bill and he was about 6"5, very nice looking and seemed very pleasant. We thought, oh, here we go, the cameras are rolling and this guy must be a model and he is going to be acting for the cameras. . Well, it turned out, that this server blew us away with his attitude and capability to make sure we had a great dinner and a great time. He did that with all his parties and so did all the other servers who were working that night.Its not just about Rocco or Mama. By hurting and trashing Rocco most definitely impacts all the good "staff" working there. Just look at it that way for a moment.

judy ginieczki

Mon, 15 Mar 2004 12:04:10 -0500

Not only have I been to the restaurant and enjoyed it very much, I watched the show all the time and enjoyed that also. I am 55 years old and found the waiter we had to be delightful, good looking and served food that was hot and very tasteful. Its not just about ROCCO, its about the TEAM.

Charles

Sat, 27 Dec 2003 15:12:19 -0500

I just caught the reruns on Bravo. You must be a real masochist to work at that place. "Wanted: people who enjoy being shitted on."

Diane

Mon, 01 Dec 2003 21:30:09 -0500

Rocco, ask your Mama why, when I followed her meatball recipe they came out more like cakes instead of balls?

John

Thu, 13 Nov 2003 11:16:03 -0500

Being in the kitchen and dining room for over 20 years, I find this show to be a joke. rocco is an idiot that has no idea of how to run a restaurant, treat his employees, customers or venders. Just another example of a person with a culinary degree getting in the way of people who really know how to do the job-step aside rocco and let your staff run the place-idiot

Kristen

Tue, 29 Jul 2003 17:44:22 -0500

oh john... I mean 'km'... the guy was hideous. But still, real estate does speak volumes. My bad.

km

Tue, 29 Jul 2003 16:40:45 -0500

It was a cool place god forbid she helped me out...we had nothing to go home for anyway.....What he lacked in looks he made up for in real estate

Jen

Tue, 29 Jul 2003 15:47:44 -0500

Yeah, that's exactly the kind of wheeling and dealing that Rocco's looking for.

Kristen

Tue, 29 Jul 2003 15:01:33 -0500

Actually, he's so bad he once tried to barter his very lovely and talented cousin in a scandelous sex trade that involved the perfomance of oral on the owner of an island resort in exchange for one free week. Lovely cousin refused. Athough in hindsight it actually wasn't that bad a deal....