Serious Eats: New York
Strange Days at Grayz
Or, 'Would You Like to Touch My Monkey?'
From Eater's "Gatekeepers" series, in which the blog talks to front-of-the-house staff about their domains, comes this bizarre incident related by George Atterbury, general manager of Grayz:
What's the most outrageous request from a customer that you couldn't accommodate?
A customer wanted to dine with their pet monkey in the restaurant. Literally we had a guest walk into the restaurant hand in hand with a monkey and asked to be seated at the best possible table. I have been witness to a lot of different requests since coming from The Modern but that definitely has topped any request. The monkey was even wearing a little Burberry jacket.
Grayz
Address: 13-15 West 54th Street, New York NY (Midtown; map)
Phone: 212-262-4600
Website: grayz.net