Why Are New York’s Chefs Afraid of This Man?
If you follow restaurants in New York at all, you’ve seen or heard Maimon Kirschenbaum’s name. It’s synonymous with — some would say infamous for — a steady stream of wage-violation lawsuits brought against star chefs such as Mario Batali, Daniel Boulud, and Keith McNally (he’s won settlements from all three), and he’s targeted restaurants like Nobu, Philippe, and Le Bernardin. Depending on your point of view, he’s either a modern-day Robin Hood, fighting for workers’ rights in a business full of corruption, or an ambulance-chasing bully determined to put the city’s restaurants out of business.
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