Pat La Frieda Sues Bice and Centrolire for $50k

Back on the lawsuit beat, we have a couple of quick ones from the world of Pat La Frieda. The hamburger darling is suing East 54th Street's Bice as well as Pino Luongo's Upper East Sider, Centolire (a restaurant that is also being sued by purveyor Dairyland USA). La Frieda Meats is demanding $10,174 from Centolire, not pocket change by any means, but it's Bice that's really in the red. They owe the meat purveyor $39,795 from this January. We don't think it will go so far that these restaurants will be forced into bankruptcy like the extremely troubled restaurant Town was, but nevertheless, these suits don't bode well.
· Vendors Try to Force Town into Involuntary Bankruptcy [~E~]
· Centolire Lawsuit [Official PDF]