The chef at a three-Michelin-star eatery in Brooklyn dictated that lesser pieces of meat be given to Asian customers and Upper West Siders, a new lawsuit charges.<\/p>\n
C\u00e9sar Ramirez of Chef’s Table at Brooklyn Fare \u2014 which charges a flat $255 per person plus a $50 \u201cservice charge\u201d each \u2014 was blatant about his biases, according to the suit filed by some of his former sous chefs and servers.<\/p>\n
He openly prohibited Asian customers from being placed too close to him at his section of the Downtown Brooklyn restaurant’s chichi counter, routinely referring to them as \u201cs-?-t people,\u201d ex-server Emi Howard alleges in the suit.<\/p>\n
And when it came time to distribute cuts of meat during the fusion French-Asian meal service, Asians \u2014 along with suspected Upper West Siders \u2014 were given inferior scraps, while preferred diners were given choice chunks, the suit says.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen a large piece of meat was cut into many pieces for the guests, Defendant Ramirez instructed Ms. Howard to give the worst pieces of meat to the \u2018s-?-t people,’ i.e. Asian people, and to Upper West Siders,\u201d the suit states.<\/p>\n
When an Asian patron was once placed close to Ramirez during one of his culinary cabarets, the chef boiled over with rage at Howard, who is Asian, the document states.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn one occasion, Ms. Howard \u2018violated’ Defendant Ramirez’s discriminatory rule by seating Asian individuals close to his spot at the center of kitchen counter,\u201d the suit states.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn response, Defendant Ramirez subjected Ms. Howard to a wild verbal tirade.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMr. Ramirez from then on took control of the seating, so that he could ensure that no Asians be sat next to his place.\u201d<\/p>\n
Howard and four other former employees also accuse Ramirez and owner Moe Issa of cutting them out of tips and bilking them out of overtime pay.<\/p>\n
The plaintiffs claim in the suit that the restaurant automatically charged a 20 percent gratuity for each bill but that servers never saw a dime of those $50 tips.<\/p>\n
They also say Issa and Ramirez refused to pay staffers overtime, even when they worked more than 70 hours a week.<\/p>\n
Howard and fellow axed staffers Kyle McMahon, Loren Mash and Santos Hernandez are seeking unspecified back pay and damages.<\/p>\n
Ramirez refused to comment Monday night.<\/p>\n
Issa said in a statement that the restaurant was an equal-opportunity environment.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe pride ourselves on the diversity of our staff,\u201d the statement read. \u201cAnd we welcome everyone who comes through our doors.\u201d<\/p>\n
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