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Delicatessen Owner "Totally Gets" Why People Hate His Place

120308deli.jpgSince opening over the summer, Delicatessen, that trendy restaurant-bar-lounge-tool magnet has been pissed on, robbed, and threatened by neighbors furious about the hotspot's cacophony. Now the Observer has piled on too, declaring it "undeniably the city’s most loathed new restaurant in 2008." Even if you know you hate the place already, it's a fun read, detailing how owner Mark Thomas Amadei, 35, installed Delicatessen in the space formerly occupied by the humble Buffa’s Coffee Shop, which he frequented during his N.Y.U. days. Amadei swears he's unfazed by all the hate because he went through the same thing with his Chelsea diner Cafeteria, where "everyone" said he wouldn't last: "Fast-forward, ten and a half years later, every celebrity in the world comes there all the time." So piss off, no-name haters!

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  • Guest

    #5, Bite me! :P

  • Future Taliban

    Fag fight!

  • foglub

    Knock-off Emeco chairs

  • SP

    Meh. Your taste in food seems to be as good as your taste in football teams. Mediocre.

  • Guest

    #1, it may be dingy, but they serve some damn good food. Better than the one in South Beach.

  • smitty

    thats what you get for taking over the Buffa's space.

  • r1b2

    50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong. My guess, Mr. Amadei, is that you're an asshat and your restaurant is a nuisance.

  • MT

    Ten and a half years sounds about right for Cafateria. It's so dingy now. They need to freshen that hole up a bit.

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