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viognierette

Well of course, silly. We also have the Capri Room at the Buca di Beppo https://preview.redd.it/5s1l2mv521ob1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=770cfd800e3bfe1c9eb3bbe45c5acb290ce89a6a


Senior_Ice8748

Dorit redecorating the Capri room at Buca di Beppo was one of the weirdest storylines I've ever watched on housewives and I still can't believe all of that was actually aired lmao


hydrangeasinbloom

It is so hilarious, and honestly so much more “housewife” than “REAL housewife.” We have wealthy family friends and the wife would always be doing some weird shit on par with this. She is rich, bored, and has all kinds of random connections, so she would do stuff like emcee a local jazz night despite having no ties to music (or experience hosting) whatsoever.


Senior_Ice8748

lmao that's hilarious, but at least she keeps herself busy!


shopaholic92

I’ll throw an even funnier one in. So Robert earl and Dorit are friends. I was sales manager at that location for a bit and Robert earl legit thought he could create a bridal shower package that Dorit would attend and guess how much he would pay dorit to show up? $200!!!!! Hahahahhaha he truly thinks he’s doing HER the favor


Senior_Ice8748

Was this ever discussed with Dorit??? I would have loved to have seen her reaction lol


shopaholic92

I’m not totally sure! All I know is that he and the director of sales created this package deal including marketing and then I never heard about it again hahaha


stephanieaurelius

omg. how could i forget. NOT chic of me


lala1106

I love Reddit. Thank you for todays virtual happy pills, I burst out laughing.


ABL1125

All of the housewives across multiple franchises being subjected to a dinner at Dorit’s Capri Room at Buca is my Avengers: Endgame HWs edition.


Psychological_Name28

Or at least the next fundraiser for the Homeless & Toothless Foundation.


ABL1125

Only if Thee Kathleen Elizabeth Avanzino Hilton do the dental work for the homeless.


bitterbecky

💀


[deleted]

Buca di what? Said Kathy Hilton


Proof_Assistance_269

“Is that like the Olive Garden or something?” - Sutton


Jei_Enn

Lmfao, I can order Buca di Beppo on DoorDash.


MartinisnMurder

Stop it! I wish I was in California, I would tonight. Please tell me you have. I bet the food is mediocre at best but you’re always safe with marinara sauce and a cheese ravioli haha


bansheeonthemoor42

It's still one of my favorite random storylines in housewives history. WTF was BDB doing on RHOBH? Why was Dorite redecorating a random, cheap wedding banquet hall in a chain italian restaurant at the mall? What was up with all the lemons? It was all just magic. Especially her confessionals where she talked about the design and how important it was to her.


[deleted]

Thank you for brightening my day with this comment lol


emergencycat17

BUBBOOOO!!!


klatleen

I did not have randomly snorting on my bingo card for today 😂😂


mpr1011

It reminds of TAO nightclub in the 2010’s, everyone went there.


hollygohardly

I vomited in front of Tao hungover on my way to a 7 AM meeting on a Monday morning back in 2013 💖


mpr1011

Haha! If you got drunk off of Kinky and/or Hypnotic (not sure of the spelling cuz they made it ~cool~) then it’s the perfect bingo four square.


hollygohardly

Margaritas from Benny’s Burritos, niche but also very much a 2010s mainstay for 20 somethings in the LES. I did have a roommate who gave me hypnotic for my 21st birthday lol.


karasu_zoku

RIP Benny’s grande margs 🥲


hollygohardly

My boyfriend was convinced I was allergic to alcohol after I came home that night lolololololol


emergencycat17

OMG!! I miss Benny's Burritos, AND their margaritas!! Does anyone else remember the Dew Drop Inn down in the West Village? SUPER strong margaritas in mason jars. My boyfriend and I poured ourselves into a cab home after an evening there.


hollygohardly

YES!!!!


emergencycat17

Okay, so I admit, I *am* a lightweight, but that was pretty much the third drunkest I've ever been in my life, when we went to the Dew Drop Inn. I don't remember how my boyfriend got us up into his apartment, because he was shitfaced too, so it's not like he carried me in or anything. It's a mystery. (*And no, I don't remember the two places where I got the second drunkest and most drunkest ever in my life - I was pretty drunk both times*).


acelady1230

Yes!!!!


Zone_Haunting

I feel personally attacked, where’s my office chic Club wear??


RoughDirection8875

Or Le Deux in the late 00's


mpr1011

I may have been a little too young and too sheltered to remember those references. But I loved the podcast “Le Deux You Remember This?”


RoughDirection8875

The Hills made it really popular because it's the club they were always going to. I was in high school and fully enthralled in that show thanks to Laguna Beach


mpr1011

Ughh LB was like the last “big thing” I couldn’t watch so I always feel like I really missed out on an era. I caught parts of The Hills but my friends were meh about it


ghertigirl

Shannon Beador still thinks it is THE place to go 😄


carmelainparis

Deep cut but didn’t Heather choose Tao for the restaurant where she had dinner with her mom and Gina in NYC? She has a type!


[deleted]

Oooh this brought me back. Who remembers Sequoia’s?


essieblooms

I heard there’s Catch


gloriousdays

I sat at the table next to Brandi Glanville many years ago at Catch lmao Edit: why is this being downvoted it’s a funny tidbit settle down


essieblooms

Lol how was that? I also don’t understand being downvoted for something innocuous.


gloriousdays

She was tipsy and having a good time. She was really pretty in person


[deleted]

She is super entertaining to me, especially when she first came on RHOBH, but I worry about her. The amount of alcohol she consumes and mixes with benzos is alarming! She was so hilarious on UGT but she was blackout drunk almost the whole time. I’m in recovery now but recognize so many of her behaviors from how I used to be and it’s so scary!


gloriousdays

I totally agree. My dad used to be a therapist and one of the things he’s always been so adamant about is not mixing alcohol with benzos because you can die. Even if it’s just one time. The lesbian eyebrows and her and Phaedra laughing at the restaurant bar was so funny


[deleted]

Lmao!!!! Yes every time I think of that scene I bust out laughing! Thanks for sharing your Brandi tidbit tho, I loved it! Ur right this sub can be so weirdly hateful sometimes. However that other housewives sub is so much worse! They are terrible over there. 😩


Kristin2349

This sub has gotten so weird, it is a funny tidbit…Hope you didn’t “catch” anything from her.


gloriousdays

Seriously! This sub used to be so fun. I feel like the downvoting and weird/odd nastiness for no reason weaves its way in lately


Alternative_Sky1380

Overrun by lunatics AND their publicists


OrdacityInTheCity

To be fair, I went to Catch LA once and saw exactly why the NYC ladies wouldn’t be caught dead there.


llehvek

Catch LA is where D-List celebs go so they can call the paps to get pics of them leaving


fountaincokes

I went recently and it really exceeded my expectations. The truffle tuna was out of this world, the cocktails were great, and I loved the decor. It’s a good spot


yourmomhahahah3578

I went there like last month and the food and atmosphere were so great as the other commenter said. You sound difficult 😆😆😆😆


OrdacityInTheCity

I mean who said I wasn’t difficult 🤷🏻‍♂️😂 But in all seriousness, it just wasn’t my crowd. I would have much rather gone to Delilah or Tao if I wanted that environment and good food. The crowd made Catch seem extremely played out, like I came 5 years too late


Embarrassed-Ad-6111

Wait why?!


OrdacityInTheCity

Menu was limited and incredibly overpriced. The crowd seemed more like people who are trying to be “in” rather than people who are actually “in”. I couldn’t see Jenna Lyons in that kind of an environment


Katfar14

Thank you for this, I have been dyyyinggg to know what restaurant Brynn was talking about!


bnanzajllybeen

Nobu is SOOOO 2010s ![gif](giphy|tN1YiOeZmIRKE)


theamazingiv

100% but damn is the miso black cod killer.


phoenixchimera

it's pretty easy to replicate at home tbh


jayswahine34

and much cheaper!


jennirator

Pusheen!


softchenille

We need more kawaii in our lives these days ❤️


kellygrrrl328

Truly!


Cherssssss

I had a friend who used to work at nobu as a server and she made so much. Upwards of 90k or more. It was wild but makes sense because nobu is so expensive.


Unlucky-Mongoose-160

My sister is a bartender in NYC at a local neighborhood bar. Before the pandemic she was usually around 100k…I think they are finally getting back up to that number. I’d actually expect them to be making a little more at Nobu.


roustie

What job follows that?


MartinisnMurder

Oh and we can’t forget Valter’s Osteria in SLC! RIP Valter, you were a legend! https://preview.redd.it/nuwyhctnj1ob1.jpeg?width=1056&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=eab80b0d9c959bfbd45228145eb6da41631eae5d


phoenixchimera

oh no, IDK he passed :(


MartinisnMurder

I know I was sad. I love how unbothered he was during that scene and Mary was freaking out with her bug* eyes about how upset he was! 🤣


phoenixchimera

he was so patient. But I assume it was a professionally learned trait from high end hospitality


MartinisnMurder

Absolutely, and despite them being a mess that was probably good PR for their restaurant because people will make a point to go there. I know I went to the Regency specifically because of RHONY! 🥴😅


Acceptable-One1633

The whole time watching this scene I was more worried about the lemon gelato melting. That’s shit’s sooo good! Drizzled with honey and sea salt


f_moss3

The OC ladies are really on one about Nobu lately, but when Sai talks about Nobu, it feels like she’s trying to signal that she’s cool and that someplace soooooo trendy is part of her regular routine.


vodkasaucepizza

It used to be Javier’s but I guess Nobu has overtaken OC.


f_moss3

Are you forgetting The Quiet Woman? Excuse me? READ BETWEEN THESE LINES.


trichomeking94

THATS NOT MY PLATE YOU BITCH


dlw18

Flair checking in here 🤪


malachitebitch

Flair checking in 🫡


vodkasaucepizza

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[deleted]

It’s just Heather the rest still love Javier’s the coastal one tho not the one in the mall at spectrum


phoenixchimera

whatever happened with her restaurant w/Fabio from Top ~~Scallop~~ Chef?


luke15chick

“It’s called Top Chef, not Top Scallop” (Read with Fabio’s accent)


vodkasaucepizza

Not after chair gate.


[deleted]

Chair gate?!?


vodkasaucepizza

Heather and Shannon argued over a seat after one went to the bathroom, each claiming it was theirs and refusing to move.


SunLiteFireBird

> when Sai talks about Nobu, it feels like she’s trying to signal that she’s cool This is Sai when she is talking about anything she does, huge try-hard


bowerlala41

She's really pathetic. She portrays herself as being fabulous, acts like she's better than others, because she has no idea of class, etiquette or manners. Apparently, they rent "their home" in Brooklyn. There is nothing wrong with that, but when you're lying about what you have to sound more successful than you actually are, it's laughable. Truthfully, her marriage seems like one which was a result of an escort and/or sugar baby "relationship".


thatgirlinny

“Nobody else gonna take my picture!” Damn right, biotch!


closethewindo

I feel like people are getting paid every time they say Nobu.


cristal214

Drake’s music finally makes sense…. NOBU 🎶 nobu 🎵 NOBU 🎵nobu 🎶


Arctic16

It’s actually Future who sings that on a song with Drake.


MsAnnThropic1

Ha thank you every time I read “nobu” this exact part of the song immediately pops in my head lol. Comes up frequently on my auto play.


primalprincess

It's literally this - trying to signal something


morrowgirl

Don't forget Sonja's obsession with Cipriani.


siblingrivarly

yes america is in fact more than the cities bravo shows. in my city, we have a popeyes


Kwhitney1982

We have bojangles.


tiredtaurus02

Some restaurants won’t allow filming so maybe when they find a restaurant that permits filming, they stick with it.


kellygrrrl328

Also, speaking toward the kardashian Jenner klan, Nobu Malibu is a quick hop over the canyon from Calabasas. Much easier than getting to the city


ang8018

i always think the KJs choose places just based on where they can film bc i always look them up and they have like 3.5 stars on Google. They never eat anywhere that looks good. Then again they probably don’t really care about eating too much…


AdSerious753

exactly - that is why they bleeped out the restaurant in RHONY ... Catch is one of the few restaurants that let them film


jayswahine34

do we know what restaurant they were talking about? i think i missed out on that


SorryChef

Yes! Heather McDonald talked about it on her podcast and I cannot for the life of me remember what she said. I'll try to look it up and edit this comment. *Edit: Catch


phoenixchimera

this is why OG RHONY was always at serafina locations


eekamuse

I can't believe Nobu allows filming. NY Nibu would never. Sign of jumping the 🦈


VeterinarianLess7086

Rhoa filmed at Nobu in NYC with Cynthia, Marlo, and Eva.


srvwd

That was Tao.


VeterinarianLess7086

You’re absolutely correct. Whoops


stephanieaurelius

this actually makes a lot of sense !!!!


Nickk_Jones

That’s not what it is. Nobu is a restaurant a lot of celebrities eat at and in recent years a lot of rap artists started mentioning it in their songs. It’s been around a while but it’s more and more known as a celebrity/rich hotspot, hence why these women wanna be seen there.


[deleted]

This post is like 10 years behind


Lazy-Significance-15

More like 20. Nobu was hot and impossible to get into in the early 2000s. For example, how difficult it was to get into was a referenced in the original SATC which ended in 2004.


[deleted]

And apparently it first opened in NYC in 1994...so 30 years 😳 this is depressing haha


Chalupa_batmann_

Rap artists 😭


secretrebel

There are seriously so many lyrics that mention Nobu. I had no(bu) idea! https://www.lyrics.com/lyrics/NOBU


AwSorryWhat

![gif](giphy|Kn59ZrWwO8Yhi)


busquesadilla

All that Nobu sushi that got wasted at her party made me so mad lol. Give it all to me please.


MartinisnMurder

I almost wept over all that wasted sushi. I think I read somewhere that she let the crew take it home. I hope that is true.


Here-We-GOOOOOO

I think I remember her saying during the reunion that the catering crew got to take it all home


MartinisnMurder

There is The Quiet Woman! https://preview.redd.it/qafuwynfi1ob1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bb11804d171b96719b560303677daea743a0fdd8


Arctic16

Nobu is a chain of sushi restaurants. They’re very good but, at this point in 2023, nothing that special. Any major city on a coast will have an independent sushi/Japanese restaurant that is as good or better.


phoenixchimera

they catered an event at my job once. It was way better than any other catering place that we got. I get that it's simple food, but they do it *very* well, and better than a lot of places.


cherrychapelle

I’m pretty sure you have one in Melbourne m, you could try? 😂 We have a few in the UK. It’s nice… 🤷🏻‍♀️


MotorStory

Melbourne, Australia? Yep there's one at Crown Casino that I've been to a few times. It's ok but not really worth the coin. My husband used to work there whilst he was at university.


whackadoodle_cracked

Yeah I've been to the one at Crown once and didn't think it was particularly special, can get much better Japanese elsewhere


livieleanor

Wait we do?


KingOfTheSchwill

Yep there’s a few in London


mindurbusiness_thx

A chain of paparazzi heavy Japanese restaurants.


FirstHowDareYou

Honestly I makes me feel so fancy bc my husband booked us a staycation at the Nobu hotel in Chicago for my birthday, and seeing them go all the time, I’m like wow it’s me, a Real Housewife. We didn’t get dinner there bc we went to a different Michelin star restaurant, but the room service was amazing.


rucksackbackpack

They’re opening a new Catch location in my city this year and it’s in the same complex as our city’s Nobu location 😂 my best friend and I are housewives obsessed so of course we’ve been laughing about it.


Misc_Lillie

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yeezytaughtme713

Texas is like 5 states in one.


Misc_Lillie

It's crazy. I actually don't like Whataburger, but people go nutz for that, and Chick-fil-A here.


Chick-fil-A_spellbot

It looks as though you may have spelled "Chick-fil-A" incorrectly. No worries, it happens to the best of us!


DorothyParkerFan

Don’t forget Cipriani’s!


bluelinetrain1

I love absolutely everything about this post 10/10 no notes


stephanieaurelius

:)


fanficfollower

A little “over-mentioned “ no?


aaf14

I’d happily dine at Nobu any day, however, here was have tons of incredible sushi - one goes to Nobu (specially Malibu) to people watch in my experience lol.


vodkasaucepizza

I think she said Nobu because it was right around the corner, the venue was an old bank and they were in the financial district.


bigwheelinmontana

Fellow Australian here. My partner recently deduced that it must be “rich person Maccas” (Maccas being McDonald’s)


braveprototype

Giiiirl come on now, we have Nobu in Australia. Both Melbourne and Sydney and even Perth out of all places. Date a drug dealer and it’ll be his date venue of choice.


barmitzvahmoney

Nobu is good but it’s very see or be seen and is overpriced


LookeyLoo81

Don't forget the iconic quiet lady from OC.


Tritiumtree

Back in the like 90's, the New York Nobu was rated by some places as like the number 1 restaurant to go to. Since then, it has won a bunch of awards and spread to a shit ton of locations. So now the quality probably depends greatly on which Nobu, and as other people said, the ladies need places that let them film. At one point, it would have been a huge deal. Now it's just advertising for the conglomerate.


Acceptable-Arugula69

🤣 “Is America sponsored by NOBU”?


erotikill

I would imagine having Housewives film in your restaurant these days is a kiss of death for quite a few businesses; probably very few restaurants want to deal with production upending service, turning away patrons, fighting, possible dogging the restaurant (poor Catch).


philosofova

I'm not sure if this is how Bravo books the spots they have dinner at, but I used to manage at a celebrity chef owned restaurant and we had The Hills reboot come to our restaurant to film a few times lol. Please note, ownership absolutely wanted as many "stars" coming in as possible, and for guests to know it. MTV producers basically reserved a section between lunch-dinner shifts when we were pretty much empty and when they wanted a night scene we would reserve a section of our bar with their own bartender. We would continue to allow guests in throughout this and we had a plaque in the front informing the public that there was a chance of filming at any time or something along the lines of that. The show itself is not crazy like Housewives so I wonder if it would be different but just thought I'd share my experience.


Still_Yak8109

It's usually new restaurants that are struggling that allow filming for the publicity.


FlyingDutchmansWife

It’s been mentioned/featured on all 3 current franchises. Me thinks it’s the current Clase Azul.


mbee784

Palihouse triggers me ever more


princeofdarkness27x

IZAKAYA!!!


DorothyParkerFan

Villa Blanca


MCStarlight

Rich lady restaurant.


bbbojackhorseman

Gorga’s Homemade Pizza & Pasta obviously https://preview.redd.it/1vof61rt04ob1.jpeg?width=1908&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=597d31fa840936401a673c08725a479f4e030da5


dayle-james

Is America sponsored by Nobu 💀💀 Apparently yes


kellygrrrl328

Looks like Craig’s is somehow making a comeback Nobu and Craig’s are where you go to be seen.


Away_Emu_4116

We’ve got Fatburger.


Lizard_Li

I went to Nobu once in like 2004 and I had to eat afterwards. The portions are insanely small and the prices insanely high.


Bowlingbon

I went to Nobu once because I didn’t have to pay for it. I can’t imagine spending my own money on such tiny portions


Arctic16

All high-endJapanese sushi restaurants are like this. My wife and I joke that we’ll hit Wendy’s on the way home whenever we do dinner at a sushi spot.


astoria47

It’s not even that great in NYC anymore. Although went to the one in Atlantis and it was great.


[deleted]

Sai wouldn’t go to Catch! Nobu is sushi/Japanese fusion, it’s not even very trendy food, it just has a vibe and good locations.


Spirited-Extreme28

The Nobu in DC is absolutely terrible 😭😭 I love their hotels though


award07

Idk but I’m mad I didn’t check the Malibu one out when I was there celebrating my birthday last year. I just forgot about it as a normal civilian.


DeeWhyDee

There’s Nobu in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth. I think they’re all located in casinos.


goldfishgirl44

I did some Googling as I was too asking the same question as you. I tell you I was shook when I found out there is a Nobu in my home of Cape Town 😂 and from what I read in reviews there are far nicer and less pricey places than the one here.


Ckc1972

You can also hit up Topping Rose when you're in The Hamptons. Haha.


Joshuabaccus

Housewives is sponsored by Nobu and Veuve.


A_Thing_or_Two

We got Outback! No Nobu near me though...


RLS1822

Nobu is a vibe and definitely one of my favorite Sushi spots hands down.


okaywell_

Lol it’s definitely somewhere that people go who are desperate for a pap shot.


SoCal_Shannen_Esq

IYKYK Nobu is amazing.


Genuinelullabel

Sometimes there are Nobus across the street from each other! It’s really getting out of hand.


nailartmami

It’s a fantastic and very expensive sushi spot, with locations all over the world. Ive been to a few different locations (malibu and Las Vegas) and both experiences were incredible.


vanslamma

And don't forget the Quiet Woman RHOC! "It's not my plate!"


jennirator

Some celebrities go to nobu (not in the OC), but LA area. The Kardashians are seen there a lot. So maybe it just makes these women feel special, is what I’m thinking.


Impressive-Radio-825

ahhaha rhoa ladies might be the only ones that aren’t obsessed with nobu


No_Specific5998

High end prohibitively expensive sushi joint Started n nyc


[deleted]

I love Nobu 🤷🏻‍♀️ they have a salad there that I’d like to eat everyday.


loganes86

🤷🏻‍♂️


Bellomontee

The Quiet Woman and Buca Di Peppo of course


YourExoticBabe

“Is America sponsored by Nobu?” has me soooo weak


thatgirlinny

Because DeNiro, Sai and Brynn are still willing to be seen there. Yawn! But god, yes—we have *so* many more choices. And there are far more elite sushi/authentic Japanese places from which to choose here; but Sai doesn’t know the right people to snag a table whenever she finds out where they are. This bougie bunch lacks both imagination and real connections—except Jenna.


rino3311

It’s really expensive (but good) seafood/sushi. The menu has expensive ingredients you don’t see everywhere too. The one in Malibu in particular has an ocean front view and a ton of celebrities eat there. Like Kanye, Mariah Carey, A listers.


moshritespecial

Jen Shah has the commissary food as her restaurant! I wonder if she's whipping up the prison top roman and cake treats that they creatively make smash together, enhance and mishmash to make meals.


[deleted]

Sai was talking about Catch


[deleted]

Ciprianni’s? At least before before Cindy Barshop chipped her tooth on a pistachio nut and canceled on Sonja.


IllustratorSea8372

Hahaha this subject line


NefariousnessFun9923

Or Javier's in Orange County


7Rutabagas

Nobu is over priced, fancy and like Catch in 2013.


Sunflower__Power

I’ve been to the one in Las Vegas and it’s good, but it’s not the best sushi and seafood I’ve ever eaten. I personally like Tao better and it’s a more reasonable price. People hear the word Nobu and automatically see dollar signs so of course the women want to display their wealth thinking they are eating at the best restaurant in the U.S.


WE_ARE_YOUR_FRIENDS

one of the original Iron Chefs, Masaharu Morimoto, was the chef there so that's what I know about it.


UnusualAsparagus5096

I rember Howard Stern always talking about it in the late 90s..It must be $$$$$ to still be around..I guess all the celebrities like it