Vancouver Forum: Lunch Bill - $52,000

and I thought I was rich!..haha

First, there was the recent soft-launch of his yacht, the world’s largest.

Then there was his purchase of a $90 million estate in St. Bart’s.

Now comes word of a $52,000 lunch in Manhattan.

According to TMZ, Mr. Abramovich hosted nine guests at Nello’s on the Upper East Side on Friday. The tab came to $47,221.09. He added another $5,000 tip (on top of the $7,328 gratuity already included) for a total of $52,221.09.

In an email, a spokesman for Mr. Ambramovich denied the bill was Mr Abramovich’s. He said Mr. Abramovich did eat at the restaurant but that the “party spent no more than a tiny fraction of that amount - less than a couple of percent.”

A manager at the restaurant declined to comment.

The bill shown by TMZ, however, is rich with details–and explains how someone could rack up a $52,000 bill. The main culprits: wine and truffles.

There were the three bottles of La Tache, for $5,000 each (alas, the bill doesn’t give the vintage). There were the two bottles of Petrus, also at $5,000 each. And two bottles of Cristal Rose, at $5,000 each.

The food was typical Manhattan, with most entrees going for $50 or less. But the group had two orders of truffle carpaccio for $100 each, and three truffle taglionis for $585.

Is this shocking and abhorrent at a time when so many in the U.S. are losing their homes and jobs?

That is one way to look at it.

Another way is to thank him for being a one-man stimulus package. Beyond the lunch, I’m sure the Abramovich visit included plenty of shopping, hotels, drivers, nightclubs, and (perhaps) artwork at this week’s big auction nights.

And as a New York resident, I look at the $3251.89 tax line and have two simple words for Mr. Abramovich: Thank you.

What do you think of the Abramovich lunch bill?



side note:

Excuse me, but that looks like a destroyer. Now, what does this massive boat have? Um, how about two heli-pads, a pool, a cinema, a library, a restaurant, a private garden and a master bedroom that spans an INSANE 465 square meters (5,000 square feet). Of course, it wouldn't be complete without some Russian paranoia: This yacht has a missile defense system that can jam incoming missiles and it has a secret underwater entrance for the yacht's very-own submarine. You can never be too safe. It cost $350 million.

Well, that was back in June. Abramovich has since dumped the Dubai on someone else and he has proudly launched his NEW boat, three months later. This is his new baby, the Eclipse.

Oh, the Eclipse cost $1.2 billion. ONE POINT TWO BILLION USD.

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