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CALGARY RESTAURANT OWNER FURIOUS AT OILERS OVER UNPAID TAB

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发表于 2010-2-6 17:09 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
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CTV 1/1/2010
# o2 C4 A7 i4 O2 U0 E, K  ?CALGARY -- The manager of an upscale Calgary restaurant is furious, claiming that Edmonton Oilers players refused to cover the full cost of a nearly $17,000 tab during a New Year's Eve night out for team members.9 }+ |. i3 P7 M6 N  V- f3 @
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Maurizio Terrigno of Osteria de Medici, the restaurant where former U.S. president George W. Bush dined when he was in Calgary last year, said the team and staff owed $16,796.39 but wanted a break on the bill and paid $12,381.45.: |. f6 ?+ k( d. m& `

, ~; x' s; a3 r7 l: p/ V+ X4 dTerrigno said about half of the bill was for alcohol totalling $8,248, including dozens of shots of tequila and bottles of expensive wine and $1,000 champagne.1 o: v* M; L" O! K3 M# G. ?" ?

* @+ A  @, Z' k2 l$ a"These guys came in, they enjoyed our hospitality and when the bill came ... they went ballistic to the point where they started threatening, denigrating my staff, saying, `We're the Edmonton Oilers, we expect a 50 per cent discount,' " said Terrigno.
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% _+ i% e: W; d& g4 u0 mTerrigno said 45 people ordered off the menu and their total bill came to $14,234.23, including $677.98 for GST. The restaurant usually adds an automatic 18 per cent gratuity for a large group, which would bring the total to $16,796.39.# K3 R# a; s/ q% H) z) I  l. ^

: e7 I& g& J2 x& GThe Oilers had lost by a score of 2-1 earlier in the night against the Calgary Flames.
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! H- }- D4 i# HOilers spokesman Allan Watt said the restaurant was recommended by some Calgary friends of the players and they had a prearranged meal and menu.
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"They received the bill which they felt was outrageous," said Watt.
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"They inquired about it and they were unhappy about it and were unhappy with some of the charges. The restaurant adjusted it by $7,000."6 g' r; x5 C7 o6 Y

0 X0 \3 S8 Z$ u; L% wWatt said the players paid the adjusted bill and added a $1,900 tip and left the restaurant.
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/ Z. v$ T" ?$ d. c6 @% X# f0 g9 oTerrigno said the group, which included team captain Ethan Moreau, attempted to negotiate a discount on the bill.8 I6 h! T7 s9 `, u: }

& Z4 h3 U! }$ Y) N3 u5 [9 Z8 YHe said the players argued they should pay by the bottle for dozens of shooters purchased during the bash, but the restaurant charged them for each one individually.- ]& {( u3 K' ]3 I. ~1 L

/ q, [" u& H  q0 {6 n: _The restaurant tried to charge for a bottle of an imported expensive brandy after one of the players took a swig straight from it.
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( V; ^/ @, K' G6 |2 O' |; u"They refused to pay for the whole bottle because they didn't consume the whole bottle," said Terrigno.
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He said there's no way the restaurant will serve other clients from the same bottle.4 x5 \$ E% X& D3 v! t8 `
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Terrigno said at one point he threatened to phone police.3 i- {1 b) o% ?6 {, A, R/ [' J
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"It's the first time during the 37 years of business have I ever experienced something like this," he said. "What's more upsetting is we know who they are."
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Terrigno said because he was infuriated by what happened he plans on donating the money the players paid the restaurant to charity.
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发表于 2010-2-6 23:30 | 显示全部楼层
The Edmonton Oilers players were ripped off.
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