Tourist stabbed in Manhattan steakhouse by woman angered by his wife’s treatment of staff, police say

NY Daily News ^ | 11/05/2022 | Rebecca White, Kerry Burke, Thomas Tracy and Larry McShane

[simpson96]

A beef over boorish behavior in a Midtown steakhouse ended with a Massachusetts tourist stabbed twice by a diner seated at a nearby table, police said Saturday.

A Manhattan woman was arrested hours after the red-meat ruckus where police said the suspect became outraged Friday night after the 24-year-old victim’s wife made snide remarks about the service and the waitstaff inside Ruth’s Chris Steak House, cops said.

Customer Joan Thompson, 41, intervened in the argument between the wife and a worker before grabbing a steak knife and stabbing the man in the lower back and armpit shortly after 10 p.m. at the restaurant on W. 51st St., police said.

Thompson was charged with felony assault and menacing, police said.

“I’ve never been to Ruth’s,” said Bob Ostrow, who was staying at an adjoining hotel. “But if you’re going to start a ruckus you don’t want to do it at a steakhouse. There’s too many sharp knives!”

Cops spent Friday night searching for surveillance video to help identify the suspect before she was taken into custody. Thompson was sitting near the out-of-town couple when the fracas started, with the situation escalating quickly as the suspect took the side of the employees.

The victim, of Milford, Mass., was rushed to Weill Cornell Medical Center by ambulance.

“When they brought him out he was holding his upper chest,” said a security guard at the neighboring Michelangelo Hotel. “He was stabbed and bleeding, but still talking when they put him into the ambulance.

Thompson and her dinner companion fled the restaurant and headed on foot toward the East Side as witnesses dialed 911. She was arrested a little more than four hours after the stabbing.

[SaveFerris]

I had to read the headline FOUR times lol 😂

[frank ballenger]

RE: now steakhouse rage

Like sporting events announcers used to say “Stick a fork in him. He’s done.” So she used a knife to be clever.

[Autonomous User]

A face like that should be on the side of a gut barrel.

[RoosterRedux]

When I read the headline, I immediately thought “Peter Lugers.”

[SaveFerris]

Maybe she thought he looked really tasty 😋?

[DeplorablePaul]

She’ll be out in a couple of hours.

[SaveFerris]

(on the side of a gut barrel)

I think it’s too late for that...

[RoosterRedux]

And, yes, I know Peter Luger is in Brooklyn.

[Pearls Before Swine]

She looks past prime, but well-marbled.

[Captain Rhino]

Perfect nominee for the picture to accompany the “Karen” entry in the encyclopedia.

[SaveFerris]

Sounds like one might need a Luger at Ruth’s Chris 😜

[SaveFerris]

Well-done

Such is rare

Above medium

[MikelTackNailer]

Just as real education i schools now take a (far) back seat to propaganda journalism courses don't bother with the "W" basics anymore when The Agenda takes priority.

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[frank ballenger]

Maybe she thought he looked really tasty 😋?

Ha.

She just saw one too many "Arby's--We've got the meat" ads on TV. Went around in her head over and over as she entered the restaurant.

[Keyhopper]

It’s okay Karen, keep your chins up!

[Captain Rhino]

Nah. You need a dangerous game caliber, .45-70(?), for something that massive.

[Vendome]

No one’s gonna say “Well done” because it’s such a rare occurrence but, it is Ruth Chris.

Still, you you’ve got to temper the heat at some medium before things boil over...

[SaveFerris]

Was it charging?

Or paying cash?

[M Kehoe]

Heavy on the hoof.

5.56mm