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NYC eatery Nello -- known for $275 pasta and celebs -- shut down, facing eviction over alleged '$5M in back rent'
We hear the storied Madison Avenue spot owes around $5 million in back rent to the landlord.
Pasta King Nello Balan laid to rest with tribute by billionaire John Paulson
The famous restaurateur was remembered by friends including Inna DeSilva and 75 Main owner Zach Erdem at a funeral in Garden City, though some exes skipped it.
Stars, feuds, scandals and $275 pasta: How Nello reigned as Madison Avenue's restaurant king
Nello Balan, the king of Madison Avenue restaurants who died, drew in the A-list for decades, took fire for his $275 pasta and reveled in feuds and a tangled love...
Famed pricey pasta king Nello Balan has died, daughter Lucy confirms
Balan was in and out of the hospital for a month recovering from a ski accident. He passed away at New York-Presbyterian hospital on Tuesday afternoon.
How Ivana Trump spent her final hours before tragic death
Trump, 73, was with a personal health aide when she stopped by Altesi Ristorante on the Upper East Side around 6 p.m. Wednesday — seemingly still battling what another pal...
'Power blonde': Tales from Ivana Trump's decades in the spotlight
"She never refused any conversation with anyone. She was so classy, so elegant – how she walked, how she sat, how she talked. It was like she was from a...
Posh NYC restaurants ditch garlic: 'It's Italian-American, not Italian'
The city's swankiest Italian spots are cutting down on garlic — or doing away with it altogether — to please finicky clientele.
NYC restaurants hopeful on 2022 -- and cite new mayor who likes fancy eats
It was a long, brutal run for restaurants under Bill de Blasio – and some that survived are hoping they finally have a friendly ear in the mayor’s office.
Mayor Eric Adams gets standing ovation from diners at Nello
Also there: former New York Governors David Paterson and George Pataki, supermarket billionaire John Catsimatidis, and private eye Bo Dietl.
Nello Balan shoots down buzz he's trying to get back his namesake eatery
The restauranteur stepped away from his eponymous Madison Avenue spot in 2015, telling us at the time things were not working out with his business partner.
Madison Avenue shuffle: Nello eyes relocation, Cipriani could move in
We hear that Nello — where plates of pasta go for over $100 — owes nearly $2 million in rent and is close to eviction, which a spokesperson denies.
NYC's Nello has liquor license suspended for COVID-19 violations
The rep said they don't know for how long the license is suspended.
Soccer star drops hundreds on pricey NYC pasta
“They both had linguini with winter truffles, for $150 each, and drank Bellinis,” said a spy.
Part-owner stiffed me on $1M earnings from Nello: suit
A part-owner of Upper East Side eatery Nello says he’s been cheated out of profits from the famed hot spot. Queens resident Paul Nicaj partnered with Thomas Makkos on various...
Ex-beauty queen enjoys UES dining after fleeing hubby in Italy
Anna Zaiachkivska's husband found out his missing wife was in New York via Instagram.
Famed restaurateur Nello Balan to set forks down in Aspen
Nello on Madison Avenue is a place to see and be seen, where supermodels and business moguls fork over $42 for a plate of pasta. Now restaurateur Nello Balan, who...
Nello Balan quits his famous NYC eatery
Balan says he handed over control of his eponymous eatery Nello after a “marriage that didn’t work” with his partner Thomas Makkos.