Until this year, Gotham Bar and Grill without Alfred Portale was as hard to imagine as Cuba without at least one Castro. It was Mr. Portale who lured Tom Valenti, Bill Telepan, Tom Colicchio and Wylie Dufresne to work at Gotham early in their careers. Always Mr. Portale. Victoria Blamey, who was hired to take over for Mr. Portale at Gotham Bar and Grill, shot the horses. No question, Gotham Bar and Grill is in the Blamey era now.

Source: New York Times November 19, 2019 16:18 UTC