Posted on 05/03/2013 5:11:38 AM PDT by GreenAccord
Edited on 05/03/2013 5:15:47 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
The owners of Collegno's Pizzeria say they refused to serve him more than one piece to protest Bloomberg's proposed soda ban,which would limit the portions of soda sold in the city.
Bloomberg was having an informal working lunch with city comptroller John Liu at the time and was enraged by the embarrassing prohibition. The owners would not relent, however, and the pair were forced to decamp to another restaurant to finish their meal.
Witnesses say the situation unfolded when as the two were looking over budget documents, they realized they needed more food than originally ordered.
"Hey, could I get another pepperoni over here?" Bloomberg asked owner Antonio Benito.
"I'm sorry sir," he replied, "we can't do that. You've reached your personal slice limit."
Mayor Bloomberg, not accustomed to being challenged, assumed that the owner was joking.
"OK, that's funny," he remarked, "because of the soda thing ... No come on. I'm not kidding. I haven't eaten all morning, just send over another pepperoni."
"I'm sorry sir. We're serious," Benito insisted. "We've decided that eating more than one piece isn't healthy for you, and so we're forbidding you from doing it."
"Look jackass," Bloomberg retorted, his anger boiling, "I ******* skipped breakfast this morning just so I could eat four slices of your pizza. Don't be a schmuck, just get back to the kitchen and bring out some ******* pizza, okay."
"I'm sorry sir, there's nothing I can do," the owner repeated. "Maybe you could go to several restaurants and get one slice at each. At least that way you're walking. You know, burning calories."
Witnesses say a fuming Bloomberg and a bemused Liu did indeed walk down the street to a rival pizzeria , ordered another slice and finished their meeting.
New York's so-called "soda ban" would have limited the size of sweetened beverages served in restaurants to 16 oz (0.5 liters). The plan, backed by Mayor Bloomberg, is currently being held up by a U.S. district court.
Bloomberg has been the mayor of New York City since 2002. Theretofore he was the CEO of Bloomberg LP, the world's leading financial data firm. His personal fortune is estimated at around $27 billion.
Great article.
> BWAHAHAHAHAHA good for them!!! And that hizhonnor did not take it in stride is priceless.
Don’t ya love it when the self titled elites get smacked down. I think I like this better than when that cafe owner refused to serve Biden.
I feel like a dumba$$. satire...:(
But someone PLEASE do this...: )
Tammany Hall and “Boss” Tweed were not amused.
Would be great if it actually happened. Funny nonetheless.
Capricious with just a hint of bodacious. :-)
Personally, I’d really appreciate you putting a [SATIRE] tag in the headline and also keywords.
As much as I would love to see this happen, any business that tried this in NYC would have its license yanked before sundown. End of livelihood.
I love this guy!!!
damn...figures it was too good to be true!
Snopes says it did not happen:
http://www.examiner.com/article/mayor-bloomberg-was-not-denied-a-second-slice-of-pizza
lol.
Pizza places may be the last bastions of freedom of speech. Ben Nelson got the hint that it was time to give up his Senate seat when he got booed at an Omaha pizza place after the “Cornhusker Kickback” to pass Obamacare.
Kudos to the person who had that exchange with Bloomberg. He speaks for a bunch of us. The emperors always think they are exempt from the tyranny they inflict on everybody else.
LOL!!!! I’m dying here!!!!
The first comment below the article at the Daily Currant says that Drudge linked to the article as though it were a real event. If so, then Drudge was duped. Embarrassing.
The only thing that would make this story better would have been if the pizzaria owner had kicked the dirtbag in the ass as he was walking out the door and told him he was banned from coming back.
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