NYC Restaurateur Keith McNally Claims Patti Smith Was ‘Rude’ to Waitstaff

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Keith McNally wrote in his new memoir "I Regret Nothing" that the "incredibly rude" celebrity once reduced "a waitress to tears" for a minor inconvenience.

NYC restaurateur names ‘incredibly rude’ music icon who made waitress cry

A top restaurateur has outed one of showbiz’s most celebrated rock stars for repeatedly being “incredibly rude” to staff at his New York venue.

NYC Restaurateur Keith McNally Claims Patti Smith Was ‘Rude’ to Waitstaff

Keith McNally revealed that his waitstaff had a negative experience with Patti Smith at one of his New York City restaurants. In an excerpt of McNally’s upcoming memoir, Regret Almost Everything, obtained by New York magazine’s Grub Street and published on Thursday, April 17, McNally, now 73, recalled how Smith, now 78, frequently visited his establishment One Fifth in the ‘70s. The singer would be joined by her then-boyfriend Robert Mapplethorp…

NYC restaurateur Keith McNally names 'incredibly rude' music icon who...

McNally calls out the music icon for reducing a waitress to tears because the server had forgotten to put bread on the table.

Restauranteur says Patti Smith once made a server cry for not bringing bread

Al Pereira/WireImage New York City restauranteur Keith McNally has outed musician Patti Smith for her rude behavior. McNally, who is behind such NYC restaurants as Balthazar and Minetta Tavern, has a new memoir coming out, I Regret Almost Everything. In an excerpt shared by New York Magazine’s Grub Street, he writes about Smith driving a server to tears back in the ’70s. The incident occurred at the Manhattan restaurant One Fifth, where McNally …

NYC restaurateur claims legendary singer reduced waitress to tears over bread service

Balthazar owner Keith McNally says it’s now ‘impossible’ for him to listen to a Patti Smith song