About Seattlest

Seattlest is a website about Seattle. More

Editor: Michael van Baker Publisher: Gothamist

About | Archive | Mobile | RSS | Staff | Tips, gripes, etc

Categories
Favorites
Contribute

Latest tip:

what debate did the people of Washington State watch Thursday night? [more]

 

Latest link:

 

Latest Photo:

 

Recent Comments
Subscribe
Use an RSS reader to stay up to date with the latest news and posts from Seattlest.
Shirts
seattlestshirt.jpg
Public Calendar
Links

April 10, 2008

Who Narced on Gypsy Dinners?

Our TableWe first heard of Gypsy Dinners a couple of years ago, right here on this very blog. Culinary cloak-and-dagger? Cool!

We emailed sundays@gypsydinners.com. We answered the application we got back -- and noted with wry amusement the last two questions in the email: "Do you or anyone you know work for any agencies that might take a dim view of this adventure? (i.e. the health department, etc.)" and "Please reassure us that you won't betray the cause."

We were in. We did not betray the cause. We only managed to attend one dinner. And now we're not likely to get a second chance.

We recently got an email from Gypsy Dinners with the rather alarming subject line "Please Read. We have been betrayed. The end."

We have been betrayed. Gypsy as we know it was too scary a place to exist, so now it doesn't.

We are going much deeper underground. Those who really know how to get a hold of us, please email (please don't call us), we will start a new list, a more protected list. Dinners are cancelled for all intents and purposes. And to the traitor to the clan we offer you this: May you never sleep well, may laughter sound bitter in your ears, and may food always taste like ashes to you...this is our Gypsy curse. You have destroyed a good thing.

Foodies loved it. Bourdain loved it. We loved it.

Someone killed it. And even though we figured this was coming -- that something that appeared on No Reservations couldn't stay "underground" forever -- you're a jackass. May your head be served up on a platter at the drive-thru window at McDonald's.

Photo by Culinary Fool, from our Flickr pool.

Email This Entry







Advertisement: Seattlest Continues Below!

Comments (1) [rss]

Wouldn't it make sense to be cloak and dagger NOT being on TV?

It seems to me like someone went ahead and either

a) shot themselves in the foot or
b) got them selves some publicity

Yeah, I'm voting for b. Go figure. Get on TV, get shut down and you have such a cool, hip, underground place that your food automatically tastes twice as good and you can charge even more.

 
Post a comment (Comment Policy)

2003-2008 Gothamist LLC. All rights reserved. Terms of Use & Privacy Policy. We use MovableType.

Site Meter