By Gus Saltonstall
It is not every day that a former President of the United States dines at an Upper West Side restaurant, but that is what happened earlier this month.
Bill and Hillary Clinton grabbed dinner at Verdello NYC, which is located at 994 Columbus Avenue, near the corner of West 109th Street.
“We recently had the pleasure of welcoming Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton for dinner,” Ari, a manager at Verdello’s, who did not provide a last name, wrote to West Side Rag in an email on Tuesday. “They were gracious, warm, and a pleasure to host. It was an exciting evening for our staff and guests, and a proud moment for our restaurant.”
“As a neighborhood establishment, it means a great deal to be chosen by such notable visitors, and we wanted to share this special occasion with the community,” Ari added.
Verdello is an Italian restaurant that specializes in cuisine from the southern portion of the country and serves up wood-fired pizza, pastas, and more.
After a little bit of online digging, it appears that Hillary Clinton, the former Secretary of State, New York Senator, and First Lady of the United States, was in the city to attend the 24th Annual Vital Voices Global Leadership Awards in Tribeca on April 23rd.
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She was right about everything. All of it. Every word.
Except the non-existent Russian collusion.
This might be a more impressive claim were there a crime named “collusion” and were this not such a right-wing straw man. Inconveniently, that leaves conspiracy, coordination, and obstruction of justice, and you should feel free to read, among other things, the Mueller Report (https://www.justice.gov/archives/sco/file/1373816/dl?inline=) to learn how djt & gang were neck-deep in them a decade ago. (Matters have only deteriorated since then.)
But let’s close our eyes, hold our breath, rub our tummies and pretend there was no conspiracy, no coordination, and no obstruction of justice, but only the well-established, pervasive Russian election interference. That leaves at least one excellent question: WHY was/is Putin — who is not our friend, or at least not mine — so very supportive of a djt presidency? Something to ponder, no?
non-existent !!! LMAO!!!
too bad the Gestapo WSR won’t post this 😂
I’m NOT JIMMY KIMMEL!!!!
No she wasn’t.
We dodged a bullet, twice.
so confused you are, and a big reason for the disaster in thinking which afflicts this country.
The current POTUS has somehow just beat that record.
My favorite pasta/pizza place – more reasons to visit..
I wonder if the restaurant waived the cake-cutting fee.
She is a professor at Columbia. She is in the neighborhood every day.
Not any more, is she?
Yes she is. Faculty of School of Internation Affairs.
Does she talk about Haiti and the Clinton foundation? Where did the money go? I remember the media not showing the Haitian protestors when she at Barnes and Noble on 45th st.
And you are worried about this as the Trump family pockets billions of taxpayers dollars??
“‘Crypto king’: How Trump has nearly tripled his net worth since retaking the White House” (https://www.ms.now/news/trump-crypto-meme-coin-billions-net-worth-profit-presidency)
(For example.)
One of my favorite local spots. Ari & his charming family and staff always make us feel welcome.
These transplants, I ate there when it was Ortomare.
Sal Bandi, where did your family transplant from?
Sal Bando was born in Cleveland. It was a joke Josie.
You did a little “online digging?” Amazing detective work there.
Always great to see them. They could have gone to some fancy place in Tribeca. Yes, she was right about everything. Her election loss … the biggest disappointment of my entire life. And we’re living it every single day, often three times a day with one outrage after another, too many to count.
No she wasn’t right about everything..
And thanks to her loss, we’re actually living.
In what Universe would that be?
WHAT?
Yep, just imagine how many illegal wars (oops, “special military operations”) SHE would have started! No doubt the missiles would have been headed for Moscow on Day One.
Instead, everything’s absolutely peachy.
Explain
Well I guess I’m never going back there.
Thank you. It’s not a far walk to Chick-fil-A, after all.
Maybe you’d prefer walking down 5th avenue. Apparently your President stated he could shoot someone in the face there and they would still love him. Your type of guy, eh?
In that regard, please provide a list of the places you frequent, young’n.
Because the Clinton’s ate there? Way to be an adult. . .
He isn’t an adult.
She looks wonderful ! I am glad that they were welcomed so graciously.
Can’t they go out to dinner without it being news?
Not on the UWS.
Could we leave ANY, even subtle hints at assassinations out of the conversation
And V&T’s has much better food and its be around since 1951 run by the same family.
All of the food is homemade from scratch with huge portions at great prices
Love V&T’s!!
SO HAPPY to read this! YAY for the Clintons and for Verdello!
“Yay”, why?
Boll Clinton’s policies as President would be considered very far right today. He did three strikes, ended finding for public housing projects, implemented workfare- end of welfare as we know it, supported deportations, gave a speech at state of the union about immigration that is to the right of Trump . He gave NYC finding to hire thousands of cops. I could go on. Amazing what people forget.
And he massively deregulated Wall Street.
Yes. That’s true
Did they eat inside or in the outdoor shed.
She came, she saw, she dined.
I don’t get the point of this article.
Famous people are a dime a dozen in this neighborhood.
Do we really need to get excited about them eating at restaurant here?
Are we in Dubuque?
No one does
Or worse, midtown
Did they actually pay ?
No word on what they ate???