Their flagship was always the Spotted Pig, the only one of the restaurants that Mr. Friedman still owns. In June, Ms. Hamilton, a longtime friend of Mr. Friedman’s, shocked many people in the food world when she announced she would be taking over operations at the Spotted Pig, along with Ms. Merriman, the chef whom she married in 2016 and who works with Ms. Hamilton at Prune, in the East Village. Ms. Hamilton called the Spotted Pig a man-made disaster, and said she and Ms. Merriman could help “make things right.”In later interviews, after widespread criticism of their alliance with an accused harasser, both she and Ms. Merriman said they hoped to provide a blueprint for a post-#MeToo era. In the end, however, they could not find a way to make it work with Mr. Friedman. “I trust he knows better than we do what the path forward is for you all,” she wrote in the email to employees.

Source: New York Times September 10, 2018 17:48 UTC