Gothamist: 100 Pound Sausage Times Square

Kristen

Thu, 12 Feb 2004 18:24:12 -0500

Mario Batali is so fat he looks like he might explode. I have always thought that his fingers look like sausages and I hate his clogs. Oddly enough, I have a strange thing with Northern Italians with red hair - only because my swarthy Southern Italian grandfather always used to say 'never trust an Italian with red hair'...

Rafael

Thu, 12 Feb 2004 13:21:09 -0500

I always liked Mario, at least from his show on Food Network. His teaching style reminds me of a painting teacher I had in graduate school.

�berchick

Thu, 12 Feb 2004 12:26:35 -0500

Just a few weeks ago, he showed up at my birthday celebration. He was neither attractive nor very pleasant, but we talked to him anyway. Celebrity gets you a long way these days.

karatechimp

Thu, 12 Feb 2004 12:11:53 -0500

I met Mario when I went to Babbo. At first glance, I thought he was the lead singer to the commitments. Amazing food though.

Noel Green

Thu, 12 Feb 2004 11:56:45 -0500

Mario! I love Mario! Mainly because when I was a bit heavier and had long hair EVERYONE thought I WAS Mario! It was fun being faux famous for a while. Especially when I went to Las Vegas... actually it was annoying then. I got stopped everytime I went out. I really need to put a picture of me from then on my site. YAY!

tien

Thu, 12 Feb 2004 11:56:42 -0500

yikes, that photo of him from the post is so much worse than his "glamour" photo.