{"id":473616,"date":"2022-07-13T03:06:18","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T00:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nyc-restaurateur-stratis-morfogen-knows-how-to-feed-a-mob\/"},"modified":"2022-07-13T03:06:18","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T00:06:18","slug":"nyc-restaurateur-stratis-morfogen-knows-how-to-feed-a-mob","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nyc-restaurateur-stratis-morfogen-knows-how-to-feed-a-mob\/","title":{"rendered":"#NYC restaurateur Stratis Morfogen knows how to feed a mob"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2827874861b\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2827874861b\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nyc-restaurateur-stratis-morfogen-knows-how-to-feed-a-mob\/#%E2%80%9CNYC_restaurateur_Stratis_Morfogen_knows_how_to_feed_a_mob%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;NYC restaurateur Stratis Morfogen knows how to feed a mob&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nyc-restaurateur-stratis-morfogen-knows-how-to-feed-a-mob\/#He_knows_how_to_feed_a_mob\" >He knows how to feed a mob<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nyc-restaurateur-stratis-morfogen-knows-how-to-feed-a-mob\/#Winning_the_West\" >Winning the West<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nyc-restaurateur-stratis-morfogen-knows-how-to-feed-a-mob\/#Judgment_Day_for_Janet\" >Judgment Day for Janet<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nyc-restaurateur-stratis-morfogen-knows-how-to-feed-a-mob\/#Royal_boo-boo\" >Royal boo-boo<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CNYC_restaurateur_Stratis_Morfogen_knows_how_to_feed_a_mob%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;NYC restaurateur Stratis Morfogen knows how to feed a mob&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/cindy-adams.png?w=76&amp;h=69&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Cindy Adams\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/cindy-adams.png 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/cindy-adams.png?w=38 38w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\"\/>       <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"He_knows_how_to_feed_a_mob\"><\/span>He knows how to feed a mob<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Stratis Morfogen. Nicknamed the Golden Greek, he owns a crate of NYC\u2019s top restaurants. He\u2019s been a victim of, partner of, friend of names that should stay nameless.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u201991 I opened my first, Upper East Side\u2019s Gotham diner. Then another 40 restaurants. You sell or move because properties get sold, economy downturn, demolition problems, tastes or neighborhoods change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur industry was then like the Wild West. Comes a knock on the door and you have to pay protection so the mob doesn\u2019t break your window or your manager\u2019s legs. They beat my guys up demanding $7,000 a month. These guys ruled the whole Upper East Side to Midtown. Now gone because those days got them one-way tickets to jail. I refused the shakedown. Also, three judges were my aunts and uncles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGotti Jr.\u2019s thugs tried to muscle me. But one guy had me go to a Gambino hangout at 11 o\u2019clock where they were told, \u2018This Greek\u2019s one of us. Tell Junior stay away or this escalates.\u2019 So it got squashed. This stuff started with me when I was a busboy at my dad\u2019s chophouse in Howard Beach.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow I just opened Brooklyn Chop House, 25,000 feet in Times Square. I owned Chinese restaurants for 17 years. During COVID our delivery business thrived. No sending romantic dinners for two. We were sending food platters for 20 to 30 people in two-bedroom apartments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTook time to screw up restaurant business so now it\u2019s going to take time to fix it. I\u2019m just opening my Greek restaurant in Greenwich Village which basically I can\u2019t open because Macdougal Street\u2019s been taken over by criminals and drug dealers.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Winning_the_West\"><\/span>Winning the West<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>One great word about Peter Mosconi who came here from Italy long before the Big Bang and opened his A-1 terrific Italian restaurant Monte\u2019s Trattoria. It\u2019s on Macdougal Street. It\u2019s packed. It\u2019s the best. And the street loves him.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Judgment_Day_for_Janet\"><\/span>Judgment Day for Janet<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Vats of bodily fluid may dribble out over ex-Chief Judge of the State of New York Janet DiFiore\u2019s sudden step-down.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation is only beginning.<\/p>\n<p>The offense of sending an ex parte communication to a judge \u2014 of which she is accused \u2014 is a big large no-no. She knows that. But a voluntary step-down over it? Doubtful.<\/p>\n<p>Mayhap more is to come unless some deal\u2019s been struck.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/janet-difiore.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"New York Chief Judge Janet DiFiore announced that she is stepping down in August.\" class=\"wp-image-23028470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/janet-difiore.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/janet-difiore.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/janet-difiore.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>New York Chief Judge Janet DiFiore announced that she is stepping down in August.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP Photo\/Hans Pennink, File<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A sort of could be maybe misunderstanding flap over this causing an end to a long career is as doubtful as Biden turning into Plato.<\/p>\n<p>Mother might think, more might seep out. My Botox\u2019d lips are nailed shut.<\/p>\n<p>Also \u2014 hearing about a union head\/state court officer suspended after releasing DiFiore\u2019s home address but hearing zip about suspensions or firings of those who leaked home addresses or private information of Supreme Court justices?<\/p>\n<p>Qu\u00e9 pasa? Law only <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>lies when you agree with it?<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Royal_boo-boo\"><\/span>Royal boo-boo<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Apologies to Tisch, Farkas and author Lownie, whose new book chops the Duke and Duchess of Windsor and says that in their sponging days they stayed in the Tisch family\u2019s Cap-Ferrat home. NO! NO! Again, NO! It was the Farkas family where, clearly, I will never ever be invited.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n<p>Everyone\u2019s having so much difficulty these days that a friend even asked his son the lawyer for advice. The friend then received a bill. A family member asked him: \u201cYou would charge your own father?\u201d And he said, \u201cPlease \u2014 I gave him a 50% discount.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Only in New York, kids, only in New York.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Nicknamed the Golden Greek, he owns a crate of NYC\u2019s top restaurants. He\u2019s been a victim of, partner of, friend of names that should stay nameless. \u201c\u201991 I opened my first, Upper East Side\u2019s Gotham diner&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":473617,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/Stratis-Morfogen.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=1024","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[131259,86754,88280,83000,45339,83001,22512,122729],"class_list":["post-473616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-7-12-22","tag-gambinos","tag-janet-difiore","tag-john-gotti","tag-mafia","tag-mob","tag-restaurants","tag-stratis-morfogen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=473616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473616\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/473617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=473616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=473616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=473616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}