A Somewhat More Literal Restaurant Beatdown
Via Grub Street, some disturbing news about Chinatown Brasserie, the restaurant for those who want great Chinese food but don't want to wade through the aromas of Chinatown and will happily pay three times the price for the privilege. It seems Executive chef Tyson Ophaso attempted to intervene in an altercation between three men and the restaurant's ma tre d', "the biggest and youngest... man then dragged the hapless chef by his feet onto the sidewalk and proceeded to beat him up, despite the best efforts of Brasserie staff — but no other onlookers — to protect him."
Fortunately, one of the men left behind his credit card information; the three are likely to be apprehended. Ophaso was previously the chef at Meatpacking standby Lotus, but nothing justifies this kind of assault.
