"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> And hey, if that guy in the Italian family restaurant strutted around
> acting
> like someone from the cast of the Sopranos, so be it. The rest of the
> family didn't act like total asses. If he was the one dragging their
> family
> restaurant down (and from what everyone on staff said, he was) then what
> else would you expect?
>
> The guy thought he was a big-shot. Kept calling it "my restaurant" when
> in
> fact his sister owned it and he was just a host (and a poor one, at that).
> He was too busy taking money from the till, showing off his watch,
> drinking
> wine and eating food from the kitchen to contribute anything. That, and
> having hissy fits.
>
> If that reflects poorly on Italian-Americans, too bad. He was what he
> was... a lazy bum who thought he was more important than he was. I liked
> the change in the menu. The customers seemed to realy like it, too. And
> the kitchen re-do that Gordon had done was fantastic.

I guess you didn't see the sous chef, the two "bill collectors" and the
waiter. They all strutted around like Soprano characters. I don't have a
problem with the show presenting these guys as they did - my problem is with
the guys who act that way. They give all Italian-Americans a bad name.

It would be much like a show featuring Irish guys who were all drunks and
got into fights constantly. I bet then you wouldn't say "too bad."