Friday, May 11, 2007

absurdities: financial firms ban bikini clad luncheons

according to the ny post, some of new york city's top financial firms are banning business lunches at the hawaiian tropic zone restaurant in new york city. the post writes:
SOME of the city's top financial firms have banned their execs from having business lunches at the Hawaiian Tropic Zone, where waitresses wear slinky bikinis and sarongs, because they think it's too much like a strip club. Morgan Stanley, Lehman Bros. and Smith Barney have not only told employees not to entertain clients there but also won't accept receipts from the Times Square eatery on expense accounts, reports The Post's Jeremy Olshan. The firms declined to comment. But Dennis Riese, who opened the babe-filled joint with a menu by celebrity chef David Burke, told us, "We are a totally misunderstood restaurant."
awww, they're just misunderstood. well, they'll just have to do without the classiness of chef david burke and go to hooters for lunch instead.
(via ny post)

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