Forget a doughnut stop—TONY’s cop is out to bust New York’s biggest offenders at brunch.
CRIME: Abusing the all-you-can-drink deal
When bottomless drinks leads to doing body shots off the busboy before teatime, you’ve gotten more than your money’s worth.
VIOLATORS: Cindy, Aymii, Tania, Teddy and Rachel; Manhattan
This brunch bunch arrived at bustling West Side spot HK (523 Ninth Ave at 39th St; 800-781-0466, hkhellskitchen.com) at noon, fired up the $14.95 all-you-can-drink brunch option a moment later and was blotto by 2pm. “How many drinks have you had, ma’am?” I asked Cindy, as she mopped up a spilled mimosa from her skirt. “I’m not sure. I always see it as one full drink, because they just keep refilling it,” she says. But this group believes in quantity over quaffability, evidenced when they ordered screwdrivers and told their server to “hold the OJ.” I’d lecture them, but their early-evening hangover should be punishment enough.—Laura Leu
Who else did we bust at brunch time? Find out in the full TONYPD report.
