Restaurant sued for $10 million for noise and garlic smell!! |
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Tuesday, 25 November 2014 10:45 |
Dailymail.uk - Mario Batali's Italian restaurant, Babbo, is being sued for $10 million by one of its neighbors over smell and noise complaints. Nurretin Akgul, who lives next-door to the star-studded eatery in Manhattan's trendy West Village, says he cannot sleep due to the kitchen's pungent garlic odors and noisy air conditioners. He told the New York Post: 'I can smell everything they cook, the garlic, and when they use chemicals to clean the exhaust dust we get the stuff in our windows. It's really a nuisance.' ![]() Bad neighbor? Mario Batali's popular New York City restaurant Babbo is being sued for $10 million by a neighbor for being too loud and smelly The suit alleges that Mr Akgul is having trouble sleeping because of the 'unrelenting vibrations and a chronic hum' from the restaurant's air conditioners. Mr Akgul says 'the humming is so intense, I cannot even open my window in the back.' According to the suit, Mr Batali applied for a special permit required for a commercial eatery in a residential neighborhood last year. Read more:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2847859/Celebrity-loved-restaurant-owned-Mario-Batali-sued-10-million-neighbor-garlic-smell-noisy-air-conditioners.html#ixzz3K4mL1qqm |