Posted on 09/01/2023 7:45:14 AM PDT by lowbridge
Barstool Sports founder Davie Portnoy got into a shouting match with the owner of a pizza joint who was angered that the loudmouth mogul was giving his restaurant a negative review.
The 46-year-old Portnoy was in the middle of one of his customary pizza reviews that he offers to his legion of sports bro fans online when he was confronted by the owner of Dragon Pizza in Somerville, Mass.
In a videotaped segment that he posted for his “One Bite” series, Portnoy, who judges the food based on one bite, is seen walking out of the shop with a pie of eight slices.
Portnoy took a bite of a slice of pizza and declared: “This pizza is trash.” He gave the pizza a 6.4 out of 10 rating, declaring that the slice he ate was a “floppy mess.”
That prompted the owner of Dragon Pizza to accost Portnoy and tell him that he didn’t “appreciate what you do, coming in and judging a business in one bite.”
“**** you,” Portnoy said, calling him an “****.”
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Dragon Pizza — floppy Chinese style. With two, you get eggroll.
Ok now I’m sitting here trying to figure out what “an ****” is. Almost every 4-letter noun I can think of starts with a consonant.
“An ewok”...? “An adit”....? “An Advil”....?
*laughs* No, my fine fellow: I’m much too lazy to click on the link for more clues!
Those who can't do, criticize.
Sorry Mr. Charlie Redd, judging a dining establishment on one bite is exactly what many people do.
It's the same with a contractor, a car mechanic, a doctor, a medical group, a barber, and several other personal interactions where one bad service would steer a patron somewhere else.
Warning others through a review is a personal choice of the patron.
I’m in awe of your attention to detail. ;-)
Former sailor here, had the “vocabulary” to match back in the day... I think I’ve heard ALL the words there ever were and I’m clueless what it might be.
I watched the video of it on the Tucker on X video. It was pretty funny. The pizza shop owner was a douche.
Pizza is an esoteric commodity.
The places sell what the locals buy. It’s not a reflection of the purveyor, but of the local population who purchases it.
The two largest local purveyors here, sell a crust that is bready and is conveyor rack cooked rather than a Blodgett pizza oven. I prefer NY/Brooklyn thin crust, but that’s not what sells in this neck of the woods.
Really, who cares? More idol-worship! I mean who would ever base their food choices on some “alleged” celebrity’s recommendation. I’d have to try it myself, or not. But not because Dave Portnoy said so!
left wing fanatic...actually uses a solar oven for his pizza...theres also pics on the net of a cat sitting on pizza boxes cleaning its butt....6 months he’ll be toast. Barstool is the largest digital media company in the US....and Portnoy loves to hold a grudge...l;
I suspect a couple of asterisks were omitted in order to make the report family-friendly. There’s only one possible epithet beginning with a vowel — an *******.
???
Is that a Boston thing?
Actually, in Somerville, “**** you!” is a friendly greeting.
Portnoy is obviously not using his brain well if he gives “trash” a 6.4 out of 10 rating. “Trash” is usually some thing useless or worthless, yet he rates the pizza better than 50%.
I think Portnoy is just full of trash/himself, no room for anything decent.
What was Portnoy’s Complaint?
Everybody knows the rules!
LOL, I was just about to say, what he did with his hands in that book, just the thought of him talking about food is nauseating!
Actually, to me listening to Portnoy is nauseating. Whenever he comes on the television, I click to another channel.
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