Next, Yo' Mama Insults

William Grimes vs. Sirio Maccioni Page Six has this great bit about Le Cirque owner Sirio Maccioni slamming former Times restaurant critic William Grimes. Most likely spurred by a poor review of his sons' restaurant (rack of lamb as having "all the appeal of a gnarled tree stump" and the osso buco as "a slick, glutinous mass, with surprisingly untender meat concealed within"), Maccioni told WWD, "When a reviewer has an ugly wife, he can never be very good." Ever diligent, Page Six gets Grimes to speak, "It's a contemptible comment, regardless of who he was referring to. I thought he was a gentleman." Grimes doesn't think Maccioni was really talking about him, because, among other reasons, "Objectively, my wife is very attractive."

The Le Cirque website and Gothamist on William Grimes.

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By Jen Chung in Food on January 6, 2004 11:38 AM

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Jen

Yo Yo Ma is married and his joke is that his wife is called Ma Ma Ma.

mars pathfinder

is yo-yo ma married ?

rion

ooohh, this is about restaurant mud-slinging.

for a minute there, i thought someone was slamming cello-wiz Yo-Yo Ma. ;-)

Mase

Regardless of what Mrs. Grimes looks like, Maccioni's comment was way out of line. Ad hominen attacks are never effective (and only emphasize the user's complete lack of class). To quote Tom Lehrer:

"I'm sure we all agree that we ought to love one another and I know there are people in the world that do not love their fellow human beings ... and I HATE people like that."

Jen

Clearly. But aside from some entry level stalking (ie Google), there's nada. Maybe if there's an upcoming food benefit, Grimes will be there with his wife.