Marc Forgione

Marc Forgione: Earlier this year, a pretty hilarious war of words broke out between a random New York Times financial writer and Chef Marc Forgione. Apparently Forgione was gettin’ loud on one of his employees in his kitchen. This writer, who was dining at the restaurant, had a good view of the action. He heard the commotion and decided it was OK to let himself into Forgione’s kitchen to reprimand the chef on what is and isn’t acceptable behavior…in his own restaurant! Really dude? You don’t go into the kitchen unless you’re invited. That’s like running onto the field during a baseball game. Rightfully, Forgione asked the guy to remove himself from his restaurant. Following the incident, Forgione learned in this New York Times Diner’s Journal article that the man he gave the boot to was a writer. To Forgione’s credit, he handled the whole episode well. Maybe next time he’s in the New York Times, it will be because his restaurant finally gets a review.

Even though we haven’t been to Marc Forgione’s restaurant yet, we fully back him. Under the circumstances, we would have handled this situation in the exact same way. Also, the man has good taste. Many of his picks below are all Infatuation approved restaurants, plus he rocks a sweet lookin’ mohawk. It was just announced this week that Forgione will be a contestant on Season 3 of Food Network’s “The Next Iron Chef”, which debuts in October. To keep up with all the Marc Forgione action on the internets, become a fan on Facebook and follow the restaurant on Twitter.