Tuesday, June 8, 2010

You Stay Classy, Marco Polo

A ruckus outside of Marco Polo on Saturday night, probably viewed ironically by passing hipsters. From the Brooklyn Paper:

"Police were called to the famed Carroll Gardens eatery at the corner of Union Street at 12:30 am after several guests attending the party began fighting with each other.

As the squabble spilled out into the street, cops grabbed four men, ranging in age from 26 to 53, charging them with disorderly conduct.

All four were given criminal court summonses and sent home, said a source inside the 76th Precinct, adding that no one was throwing punches when officers arrived, but the group flat out refused to disperse.

Three of the men arrested were from Staten Island. The fourth was from Bensonhurst, they said. One was the man whose daughter is about to walk down the aisle."

Though my favorite quote comes later in the article, from an "eyewitness":

"“They were all behaving like unflattering stereotypes about certain Italian-Americans. It was very interesting to watch and we spent at least five minutes observing from across the street.”"

Does that sound like something that was translated into Spanish, then into Italian, then into Portugese, and then back into English?