There’s no topping his workforce loyalty.
The proprietor of the beloved Brooklyn pizzeria Lucali turned down the Los Angeles Dodgers once they tried to get a reservation on the hotspot Sunday night time — saying he loves the Yankees an excessive amount of to feed their World Collection rivals.
“Um, yeah that’s not taking place, there shall be no crotch bumping at Lucali,” proprietor Mark Lacono instructed a rep for the workforce — referencing the intimate, viral celebratory transfer flaunted by Dodger gamers throughout the playoffs.
The native Brooklynite, who has been a die-hard Bombers fan since childhood, rejected the 30-person reservation on the eve of Monday’s recreation 3 at Yankee Stadium as a result of he couldn’t in good conscience serve the enemy.
“My father would have been delivering his grave,” Lacono stated when contacted by The Submit. “No pizza for Ohtani right here.”
Lacono — whose star-studded brick oven eatery usually lures traces across the block in Carroll Gardens— stated the Dodgers rep, who known as on Oct. 23, understood why he was taking part in culinary hardball and accepted the rejection.
On Tuesday night time, Yankees gamers have been buzzing concerning the crimson sauce snub after the workforce’s shock turn-around-win, based on a Yankees insider.
Any restaurant that serves the Yanks’ opponents, ought to have its “NYC residence revoked,” the insider half-joked.
However no less than one Dodgers participant did find yourself chowing down on Italian meals within the Massive Apple on Sunday.
Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman dined on the star-studded Soho eatery Emilio’s Ballato on the World Collection off-night, based on the eatery’s Founder Emilio Vitolo.
“When he’s in New York, Freeman loves coming right here,” stated Vitolo — who claimed he’s nonetheless going to bat for the Bombers regardless of slinging grub to their on-field foe.
Requested why he’s high-quality with feeding the enemy, Vitolo pointed to a photograph of Yankees slugger Aaron Choose on the wall Wednesday afternoon and stated, “I like everyone.”
“I hope to see the Yankees blow ‘em out of the water tonight,” he stated.
His son, government chef Anthony Vitolo, quipped that he’d been busted by The Submit nourishing the flawed workforce.
“How did you guys discover out this data? ” he requested. “We’re imagined to be a Yankees restaurant.”
The Dodgers lead the Yankees with a 3 to 1 document within the World Collection. The groups are set to face off once more Wednesday night time.
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