Posted on 07/27/2024 10:50:45 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
An iconic city steakhouse is hitting an off note.
Gallaghers, a theater district warhorse with a century of patronage by celebrities, was forced to add an embarrassing addendum to a signed portrait of Perry Como after customers kept confusing the crooner for Jeffrey Epstein.
The framed black and white photo of a smiling Como, just off the main entrance is now ribboned by a blunt message reading, “This not Jeffrey Epstein. This is Perry Como.”
Gallaghers owner Dean Poll said he had no choice but to add the disclaimer last year, after “hundreds” of customers demanded to know why the restaurant was honoring the disgraced financier Epstein.
“It was constant. Not one a day, but all during the day. You can’t talk to the Maître d without seeing that picture,” Poll said ruefully. “So we finally put a sign up.”
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When he was in high school my husband worked st Perry Como’s golf club. He said he was a really nice guy. I loved his voice.
What a smooth voice.
And AFAIK a decent guy in real life.
Honestly I didn't know what Como looked like in his later years, I only remembered him with black hair.
Great suggestion.
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