James Corden NO LONGER BARRED at New York City's Balthazar. Read here to know more.
by Ana Walia | Tue, 18 Oct 2022 13:12:08 GMT
James Corden is no longer banned from New York City's Balthazar. Image Source: The New York Times

James Corden is no longer banned from New York City's Balthazar.

Keith McNally, the owner of New York City's Balthazar, had previously shared a social media post stating that the late night show host James Corden is a hugely talented comedian but a small nincompoop of a person. Keith also stated that James Corden has been an abusive customer to his Balthazar servers since the restaurant's inception 25 years ago.

Keith McNally added to his post that he doesn't often 86 customers, but he 86'd James Corden today, and it didn't make him laugh. He continued by stating that his servers had notified him of James Corden's treatment of them, which was why he had to take such drastic measures. Keith McNally clarified that he had acted similarly at his previous restaurant, Café Luxembourg.

Keith described in detail and wrote that James Corden visited his restaurant in June and, after having finished his main course, showed the hair to the Balthazar's manager, G, who was very sorry. Keith stated that it's diabolical and happens very occasionally in all restaurants and that James Corden was very brutal to the manager and asked them to get them another serving of drinks right away and take care of their drinks so far, adding that this is how he keeps writing any nasty reviews on yelp or anything like that.

Keith also noted that James Corden and his wife went to Balthazar's for brunch on October 9th, and they requested a table outside and ordered an egg yolk omelet with gruyere cheese and salad. He went on to say that after a few minutes, James called their server and made aware her that there was a bit of egg white mixed with the egg yolk, which the server notified Manager G, who then asked the chef to prepare the dish again, but this time they sent the dish with home fries instead of salad.

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That's when James Corden started yelling at the server, saying they couldn't do their job and that he should go into the kitchen and cook the omelet himself. According to the owner, the server was very sorry and decided to bring the manager to the table, who then brought back the dish and all was fine. Manager G offered them promotional Champagne glasses to balance things over and tried to explain that James Corden was relaxing to him but arrogant to the server, but because she was professional, she completed her shift despite being shaken.

Keith McNally shared with Page Six that he was reluctant to make the post but he felt loyalty to restaurant servers everywhere and said that their jobs are hard enough already and they shouldn’t have to take this kind of abuse from anyone, especially the rich and famous.

This isn't the first time Keith McNally has excluded someone from his restaurant; in May, he barred former Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter for failing to show up for a reservation for 12 people. Keith McNally shared on social media that as a social bigwig, Graydon Carter may believe that he is above having to cancel restaurant reservations but the fancy f***k will never be allowed to reserve a table at one of his restaurants again. Keith stressed stating never. Graydon Carter, who worked at the Monkey Bar, Waverly Inn, and Beatrice Inn in New York City, later issued an apology statement and told PEOPLE that he will donate to make things right.

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In a statement, Graydon Carter did explain that his office forget to cancel their lunch reservation until a little after 1:30, which he described as a terrible mistake from their end and expressed that he is apologetic. Graydon also added that they will be making a donation to the restaurant's tip pool today to cover what the staff would have made. As a fellow restaurateur, he understands the ramifications of a large party cancellation.

According to reports, James Corden also called Keith McNally and apologized for his actions, and Keith stated that he believes in second chances. He then joked that James Corden is welcome to return to his restaurant on one condition: if he allows him to host his Late Late Show show for 9 months, he will instantly lift his prohibition from Balthazar. "Of course not," he continued and said but anyone kind enough to offer an apology to a slacker like him (and his staff) doesn't really deserve to be prohibited from anywhere.


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