James Corden was booted from famed New York City restaurant Balthazar and accused Monday of being “a man’s little cretin” by infamous restaurateur Keith McNally, who also owns Manhattan staples Pastis, Minetta and Tavern.
“James Corden is an immensely talented comedian, but a little cretin’s of a man,” McNally wrote With a photo of the Late Night host on Instagram. “And the most abusive customer to my Balthazar server since the restaurant opened 25 years ago. I’m often not an 86 customer, to this day I’m an 86’d cordon.
The restaurant owner lists two occasions that led to “86” Corden’s decision, saying that the late-night host had behaved years before similar incidents at his former restaurant, Café Luxembourg.
According to McNally, the first incident occurred in June and began when Corden discovered a piece of hair on his main course and showed the hair to a Balthazar manager who was “very apologetic.”
“Extremely bad for Corden G,” McNally wrote. ,[Corden] Said: ‘Get us another round of this second drink. And also take note of all our beverages so far. That’s how I write any bad reviews in Yelp or anything like that.'”
McNally then described a more recent incident, which occurred during brunch on October 9, when Corden’s wife ordered an omelet with Gruyere cheese and salad. After Corden informs his saver that some of the egg whites have been mixed with the egg yolks, the kitchen recreates the entree but mistakenly distributes the omelet with fries instead of salad.
“That’s when James Corden started yelling madly at the server: ‘You can’t do your job! You can’t do yours! Maybe I should go to the kitchen and make the omelet myself!'” McNally said. Wrote, management apologized, corrected the mistake and brought glasses of champagne to their tables “to smooth things out”.
“G. said the cordon was pleasant to him but bad to the server,” the owner continued. “MK was very shaken, but he is a professional, he continued to finish his innings.”
