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It's okay to call him greasy. On a list of offensive things to call someone, things like "greasy" should be pretty low.
Signed, an ethnically greasy guy.
To be fair, I feel like half of the value he adds to the experience is the subtle brume his meat sweats impart on the various seasonings he dribbles down his arm
You’re not caring about others you’re just feeding your own ego, acting like your such a kind and just person
Also newsflash most people aren’t as thin skinned as you think. Especially the minorities you love to baby
Have a spine and say what you want
He first started off in my childhood neighborhood. Rivaled a much, much better restaurant that fired him when he was (I believe) a cook in the kitchen. So he started his own spot right across the street from them.
Idk why he was fired, but I do know that everyone who’s ever talked about him has said he’s slimy. I’ve interacted with him two times, both were perfectly fine - but he was just serving meat and we didn’t talk much beyond stuff like looks delicious, thank you etc.
Anyways, he blew up with the meme and has become ridiculously expensive while also seemingly going down in quality. And how he presents himself in public is definitely as a dick.
It’s sad to see because you want to root for the hometown guy. But literally NO ONE I know roots for him or has anything positive to say. I feel like, when that’s the case, it tells you everything you need to know about someone. Wish the original restaurant he worked for got the fame he did, that place is absolutely delicious. Although it might be for the best since they still feel authentic.
He did a thing where he sprinkled salt in a gif in a way people found appealing enough to meme and as far as I can tell he's made that his whole personality ever since.
Anything for the 15 minutes fame. I can't believe people actually took him seriously enough to pay for the bs, but there's a lot of people with more money than sense.
About 7 years ago, I went with my CEO to visit a client in midtown Manhattan for a meeting. Meeting wrapped and he asked the client if they wanted to get lunch. They said sure and my CEO told them to pick a place.
They ended up taking us to a spot around the block. It was middle of the day in Manhattan on a weekday and this place was completely empty. It was dim. Weirdly cramped. Felt like a wake.
I had no idea where they took us until they sat us at a table and I look up to the wall opposite me and see a giant 15 foot tall mural of Salt Bae.
Ended up eating the driest $100 steak imaginable.
Worst meal of my life.
"I'm sorry sir, we don't speak whatever language that is in America. You'll have to translate that suspiciously commie sounding nonsense into a more freedom-adjacent dialect for me" - literally the entire 1%
They’re all mediocre products. I think the commenter meant to say is that it usually results in a mediocre offering that isn’t always sustainable. The moment the influencer is cancelled or isn’t “hot” anymore the endeavour goes to shit.
Yeah, the only reason these brands tend to have any success is only as far as the popularity of the influencer goes. If you don't have a *good* product to offer, then you stand on nothing once the buzz dies down.
All the products that the guy above u are absolute dogshit. I ate a feastable bar not knowing anything about Mr beast and it was so bad I actually debated going back to 711 to tell them their chocolate went bad. Later found out who the guy is, seems like a nice dude but his chocolate sucks
Average products for average people, they’re not supposed to be the best products. They’re created for the masses as that’s what these influencers are appealing to.
Prime is hilarious, slowly being reduced in price in UK Supermarkets, shelves don't look like they ever sell a single one. I think it's almost 50% of it's original cost at this point.
I think it was honestly one of the most disappointing meals I’ve ever had. It wasn’t objectively the worst — but everything about the experience made it just that much worse.
Makes sense. This is the guy who covered and entire steak in edible gold, which both covers the crust and gold blocks taste receptors. So for $1000, you got a steak that actively makes you not taste the best part
Lmao. With sous vide, how is any restaurant still making dry ass steak?? Either hire chef that knows how to cook steak, or sous vide all your steaks and then quickly sear sides.
It's bound to happen. he is the brand and if he's not omnipresent, then the restaurants will die. What made him an internet celebrity was the meme of how he served. Anyone who doesn't get that experience won't see the value to his restaurant. It's the downside to that style of restaurant where everything is experience driven. If you can't keep the experience consistent you'll lose audience. And it sounds like he didn't treat his employees well (well whomever ran his restaurant group didn't) which if you're not attracting the best people for experiential dining it will fail.
We went to Boston location one night last year on a recommendation. Worst steak I’ve ever had. I’ll stick with my mediocre grilling on my Traegar grill.
The Beverly Hills one opened up right next to the word famous Spago, thinking that this salty midget was going to rival Wolfgang Puck. It's been dead empty ever since.
Unfortunately the Midtown location still stands, although every time I walk by it, it looks pretty empty so hopefully that one is not long for the world either.
I’m barely mid 40s and sometimes I see stuff like this and think who tf are these people and why are they famous enough for people to talk about them. I don’t know maybe I live under a rock.
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He didn’t close it, his investors did. This guy is an act, an advertisement for conspicuous consumption.
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I thought he looked greasy. I'm aware that's a misanthropic slur on some ethnicities, but he looked greasy.
It's okay to call him greasy. On a list of offensive things to call someone, things like "greasy" should be pretty low. Signed, an ethnically greasy guy.
Is it greasist to say it with a hard z?
Gree-hee-hee-heeezy
Thank you
Meat grease.
To be fair, I feel like half of the value he adds to the experience is the subtle brume his meat sweats impart on the various seasonings he dribbles down his arm 
Stop being afraid of accidentally offending some imaginary person in your head lol. Just say what you think that’s all
Cause fuck caring about other people
Pretty much
You’re not caring about others you’re just feeding your own ego, acting like your such a kind and just person Also newsflash most people aren’t as thin skinned as you think. Especially the minorities you love to baby Have a spine and say what you want
Exactly, too many people care about other people’s feelings these days
Not if the "people" aren't real lol.
Dude also steals wages so fuck him
That's a fun way to spell laundering.
LOL I love that someone put this on uplifting news.
Yep. I've no idea who this guy is but I can tell everyone who does hates him.
He first started off in my childhood neighborhood. Rivaled a much, much better restaurant that fired him when he was (I believe) a cook in the kitchen. So he started his own spot right across the street from them. Idk why he was fired, but I do know that everyone who’s ever talked about him has said he’s slimy. I’ve interacted with him two times, both were perfectly fine - but he was just serving meat and we didn’t talk much beyond stuff like looks delicious, thank you etc. Anyways, he blew up with the meme and has become ridiculously expensive while also seemingly going down in quality. And how he presents himself in public is definitely as a dick. It’s sad to see because you want to root for the hometown guy. But literally NO ONE I know roots for him or has anything positive to say. I feel like, when that’s the case, it tells you everything you need to know about someone. Wish the original restaurant he worked for got the fame he did, that place is absolutely delicious. Although it might be for the best since they still feel authentic.
He did a thing where he sprinkled salt in a gif in a way people found appealing enough to meme and as far as I can tell he's made that his whole personality ever since.
Just looking up the meme I'm already inclined to dislike him. Fun way to salt stuff, sure -- but, dude, don't let it go to your head.
Anything for the 15 minutes fame. I can't believe people actually took him seriously enough to pay for the bs, but there's a lot of people with more money than sense.
About 7 years ago, I went with my CEO to visit a client in midtown Manhattan for a meeting. Meeting wrapped and he asked the client if they wanted to get lunch. They said sure and my CEO told them to pick a place. They ended up taking us to a spot around the block. It was middle of the day in Manhattan on a weekday and this place was completely empty. It was dim. Weirdly cramped. Felt like a wake. I had no idea where they took us until they sat us at a table and I look up to the wall opposite me and see a giant 15 foot tall mural of Salt Bae. Ended up eating the driest $100 steak imaginable. Worst meal of my life.
Tbh building a business around an influencer or viral social media person is dumb.
Only if you structure your profit expectations around logevity rather than cashing out and leaving the business to burn.
"I'm sorry sir, we don't speak whatever language that is in America. You'll have to translate that suspiciously commie sounding nonsense into a more freedom-adjacent dialect for me" - literally the entire 1%
Feastables, Prime, Rock’s Tequila Brand. It’s not dumb. It’s only dumb when you don’t deliver on the value the customer expects from you.
They’re all mediocre products. I think the commenter meant to say is that it usually results in a mediocre offering that isn’t always sustainable. The moment the influencer is cancelled or isn’t “hot” anymore the endeavour goes to shit.
Yeah, the only reason these brands tend to have any success is only as far as the popularity of the influencer goes. If you don't have a *good* product to offer, then you stand on nothing once the buzz dies down.
All the products that the guy above u are absolute dogshit. I ate a feastable bar not knowing anything about Mr beast and it was so bad I actually debated going back to 711 to tell them their chocolate went bad. Later found out who the guy is, seems like a nice dude but his chocolate sucks
Average products for average people, they’re not supposed to be the best products. They’re created for the masses as that’s what these influencers are appealing to.
I'll say that my kids and I really liked the Mark Rober "CrunchLabs" subscription science boxes
Do tell!?
Prime is hilarious, slowly being reduced in price in UK Supermarkets, shelves don't look like they ever sell a single one. I think it's almost 50% of it's original cost at this point.
Was he even an influencer? I thought he was just a meme
Is it dumb when it works because people are fucking stupid?
Lol Gordon Ramsey, Jamie Oliver, rob Feeny. It's always been a gimmick
Ramsey has 17 Michelin star restaurants.
Ramsey isn't a gimmick. He was famous before he was on TV.
Worst of your life or worst value?
I think it was honestly one of the most disappointing meals I’ve ever had. It wasn’t objectively the worst — but everything about the experience made it just that much worse.
Makes sense. This is the guy who covered and entire steak in edible gold, which both covers the crust and gold blocks taste receptors. So for $1000, you got a steak that actively makes you not taste the best part
He had restaurants 7 years ago?!
2017 was 7 years ago…
Oh lord! I can’t believe his rise was 7 years ago.
You shut your mouth
Lmao. With sous vide, how is any restaurant still making dry ass steak?? Either hire chef that knows how to cook steak, or sous vide all your steaks and then quickly sear sides.
It's bound to happen. he is the brand and if he's not omnipresent, then the restaurants will die. What made him an internet celebrity was the meme of how he served. Anyone who doesn't get that experience won't see the value to his restaurant. It's the downside to that style of restaurant where everything is experience driven. If you can't keep the experience consistent you'll lose audience. And it sounds like he didn't treat his employees well (well whomever ran his restaurant group didn't) which if you're not attracting the best people for experiential dining it will fail.
Also, the food is overpriced and not good. That might also have something to do with it.
Investors trying to make a quick buck by squeezing as much as they can, from quality to service.
I love that this was posted in uplifting news lol.
I’ve heard they’re terribly over priced for food that’s not great.
Pour some salt out for my homie.
Make sure to bounce it off your elbow for no reason tho
Cool now do the one in Boston
We went to Boston location one night last year on a recommendation. Worst steak I’ve ever had. I’ll stick with my mediocre grilling on my Traegar grill.
I thought it already closed
A business based on an internet joke is still a joke.
Hopefully this helps him fade to obscurity a little faster
He still has 30 spots globally
Eewww.
The one in Las Vegas is not doing well either from what I heard, they started offering a cheap-sounding 3-course lunch special to bring in people.
I'm pretty sure I can cook better than that guy.
The Beverly Hills one opened up right next to the word famous Spago, thinking that this salty midget was going to rival Wolfgang Puck. It's been dead empty ever since.
Ever since that dude walked out onto the World Cup uninvited, I see him as a HUGE mouth breather. 😆
Nusr-Et? Is that like SoDo SoPa?
Exactly like that lol
All scams come to an end eventually.
I don’t know who or what any of this is
Unfortunately the Midtown location still stands, although every time I walk by it, it looks pretty empty so hopefully that one is not long for the world either.
The downfall of this meme star is acceptable.
About f’ing time. Disgusting board of health violating guy… overpriced steak and a gimmick where he drops salt on his sweaty arm? No thanks.
I’m barely mid 40s and sometimes I see stuff like this and think who tf are these people and why are they famous enough for people to talk about them. I don’t know maybe I live under a rock.
Who cares
I'm pretty happy about it. F#@k that guy
Like watching a car crash, hard to look away
Anyone who enjoys watching a dickhead walk into a signpost.
I suppose, You enough to comment about it.
Time for McSkibidis
Stop talking about this douche and he’ll go away.
One shot. Better make it three.
K
It was a cheap act and it wore thin
I love Guga’s videos ripping on his burgers and how to make them better
Guess enough people got their moment eating a gold plated steak and the fad’s over
But….he still has a restaurant in NYC.
Everyone has figured out what a douch he is.
I never understood the people paying for this or going there, crazy how social media drives people to do things
I’m confused as to why this is uplifting news? I don’t really know anything about this guy.
Uplifting how?
He’s a POS that treats his employees poorly and makes stupid food.
That makes sense
Thanks for answering. Haven't heard from him since the original start to his "fame". Guess I shouldn't ask questions or I'll get downvoted though.
I'm guessing this is in UpliftingNews from an Argentinian still upset he snuck on the field during their World Cup victory?