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What unscrupulous club bar proprietor said this last night? Find out after the jump…
It was none other than Anthony Martignetti. We've long been the proponents of Martignetti's and the old inexpensive dive bar Bella's, however, Bella's latest iteration, Southside, is an expensive dive bar. One which Martignetti is desperately trying to turn into a bottle service type atmosphere where they hawk bottles down patrons throats. It's highway robbery, and quite frankly, in this economy it's an insult. More to come as we chronicle this fledgling bar as it tries to pretend it's something it's not…
Oh and remember what Anthony recently told New York Magazine (gulp):
The emphasis won’t be on bottle service. Instead, Martignetti says that he and his bartender, Dennis Denisoff…are working on a “gourmet fishbowl.” [NYMag]
NOT!
Update: A look through better times:
[RIP Bella's 2006-2008]
[Best $2k I Ever Spent! Southside Is Here!]
[Socializing At Southside: Let The Party Begin]
[Introducing Southside: Reincarnation Never Looked This Good]
[Socializing At Southside: Hey Mr. DJ!]
[I Can't Believe It's Not Butter At Bar Marts]
[James Willis Blessed From The Party Gods]
And Now:
[Anthony Martignetti Wants You To Pay $1500 Dollars To Enter His New Club Southside]
Lizzie Tisch
Jennifer Lopez
Jackie Frie...
Lydia Morrison
nyc chilla
November 15, 2008
5:14pm
Anthony is such a sketchball, he would force his grandmother to buy a table to come into his shitty club
Dunzo
November 15, 2008
5:15pm
“We’ve told our doorman to stay away from the young, straight-out-of-Middlebury/Trinity crowd.”
NYMag
And with that, Anthony sealed his fate.
Shark Jumper
November 15, 2008
5:16pm
Southside has most definitely jumped the shark
fucsouthside
November 15, 2008
5:17pm
Southside=wannabee bungalo 8 minus the models, real hipsters and of course Mickey Rourke....sorry but can somebody say over?
scallywag
November 15, 2008
5:27pm
I think things would be different if Mickey Rourke either worked the door (more fist fights) or the bar ( more empty cans of beer).
Oh well, what's a girl to do?
damartignetti
November 15, 2008
11:49pm
THE DOORMEN LOOK LIKE THEIR BOWTIES ARE A LITTLE TOO TIGHT... their PINK bowties.. scary security A.M.
weallmisstheoldbellas
November 17, 2008
11:40am
Guest, with this post you have officially become my favorite website. THANK YOU!
hunter walker
November 17, 2008
11:42am
Anthony Martignetti is the only guy I know who would be handed a prime location and adoring patrons and still somehow manage to ruin it. I wouldn't be caught dead there.
Bungalow8 lover
November 17, 2008
11:43am
Put it this way, you NEVER would have to pay to buy a bottle at Bungalow to get in the door. Amy would shudder at the thought.
Thomas Moore
November 17, 2008
11:45am
I love the doormen here. Q is my dog. Anthony is the biggest prick I've ever met. His brother is worse.
--
November 17, 2008
12:45pm
Anthony would sell an Arab sand at 2X market and think he was driving a legit deal, the guy has the business acumen of Dick Fuld.
You know things are bad when even Q is has no authority other than opening and closing the door and seemingly always at odds with Anthony and the 7ft creeper with a beard that said the title of the article.
Anonymous
November 17, 2008
1:38pm
haha.... Q is the man... 7ft monster sux
i always thought tom was cool
down with southside
November 17, 2008
2:13pm
fuck Q
Marry me
November 17, 2008
4:53pm
Rachelle, will you marry me? I will never call you a sell out in conversation ever again.
STANLEY STUYVESANT
November 17, 2008
6:55pm
Ruff!
Anthony of the Desert
November 17, 2008
9:29pm
"When pride cometh, then cometh shame." Prov. 11:2.
morethenuthink
November 17, 2008
11:47pm
I guess there is two sides to every story, DBTH puts a different spin on this. When Im drunk I don't want to look at ugly people....
Oh and Q is the best!
morethenuthink
November 17, 2008
11:49pm
oh and "beee teee dubs" Marginettis was never that inexpensive and not that much of a dive bar, its the same crowd just different wallpaper and a few palm trees