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“#Balthazar may require proof of vaccination for indoor dining<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Fashionable Soho brasserie Balthazar may start requiring indoor diners to show proof of vaccination, according to famed owner Keith McNally.<\/p>\n

The move would bring the swanky French restaurant \u2014 which reopened in March after being closed for an entire year \u2014 in line with Danny Meyer\u2019s Union Square Hospitality Group, which said Thursday it would require proof of vaccination for indoor diners at its New York and Washington, D.C., restaurants.\u00a0<\/p>\n

McNally, who was hospitalized with a coronavirus infection in London last year, referenced Meyer\u2019s decision in a Thursday evening Instagram post.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m afraid I agree with this,\u201d McNally wrote<\/a> alongside a screenshot of a headline about Union Square\u2019s decision. \u201cIf it\u2019s legal, I may do the same at Balthazar.\u201d<\/p>\n

McNally and Balthazar did not immedia<\/a>tely respond to requests for comment. It\u2019s unclear if the mandate would app<\/a>ly also apply to Balthazar\u2019s London location or to McNally\u2019s other New York restaurants Morandi, Pastis and Minetta Tavern.<\/p>\n

The news<\/a> comes after New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday urged private businesses to \u201cdo their part\u201d by refusing to serve unvaccinated guests and only employing vaccinated workers.<\/p>\n

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\u201cPerhaps I\u2019m wrong, but I believe this is the right thing to do,\u201d Balthazar owner Keith McNally said.<\/figcaption>
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\u201cI can argue it\u2019s a good business practice,\u201d Cuomo said. \u201cBecause I want to go to a safe restaurant. I want to go to a safe theater. I want to go to a safe bar.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the comments of his Instagram post, McNally responded to an anonymous critic who accused him of responding to \u201cpressure to be woke.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m doing it because I believe, as the owner of a busy public space, that it\u2019s my responsibility to do my bit,\u201d the restauranteur said. \u201cPerhaps I\u2019m wrong, but I believe this is the right thing to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

During the lunch rush on Friday, one Balthazar hostess told a Post reporter that management hadn\u2019t yet told her to check indoor diners for vaccine cards, but speculated, \u201cI bet they will soon.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another hostess added that employees are not required to be vaccinated \u2014 a mandate that has been imposed by Danny Meyer\u2019s Union Square group. However, she estimated that 90 percent of Balthazar workers have already been vaccinated.<\/p>\n

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McNally has also used Instagram to call former Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter a \u201cfancy f\u2013ker.\u201d <\/figcaption>
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It\u2019s not the first time the 70-year-old McNally has made news on Instagram.<\/p>\n

In May, he ripped Graydon Carter as a \u201cfancy f\u2014ker\u201d on Instagram and banned him from his New York restaurants<\/a> after the former Vanity Fair editor made a reservation for 12 at Morandi and failed to show up.<\/p>\n

He has also used the platform to bash Hachette Book Group for \u201ccensorship\u201d of Woody Allen\u2019s memoir, remind his followers that Jeffrey Epstein sidekick Ghislaine Maxwell is \u201ccurrently innocent\u201d and tell a seemingly random Instagram user<\/a> that she looks like a \u201chooker.\u201d<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s unclear if the mandate would apply also apply to Balthazar\u2019s London location or to McNally\u2019s other New York restaurants Morandi, Pastis and Minetta Tavern.\u00a0<\/figcaption>
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