IT’S LEGAL ISSUES … NOT A WATER LEAK AS FIRST REPORTED … THAT’S KEPT SCALO RESTAURANT IN ALBUQUERQUE’S NOB HILL CLOSED SINCE EARLY DECEMBER. THE RESTAURANT POSTED ON FACEBOOK ON DECEMBER 10TH THAT IT WAS A WATER LEAK KEEPING THE POPULAR RESTAURANT FROM OPENING.
NOW WE KNOW THE LANDLORDS SENT STEVE PATERNOSTER AND HIS ESTRANGED WIFE JANE FERTIG A LETTER STATING THEY DIDN’T PAY 84-THOUSAND DOLLARS IN RENT … AND WILL BE EVICTED IF THEY DON’T PAY UP.
WORD IS THERE ARE EFFORTS UNDERWAY TO PAY ABOUT 70 EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE GONE WITHOUT PAY FOR WEEKS. FERTIG ALSO FILED A MOTION ASKING FOR HER TO HAVE SOLE OWNERSHIP OF THE BUSINESS. SHE ACCUSES PATERNOSTER OF BEING A DRUG ADDICT, TAKING HALF A MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE BUSINESS AND DRIVING AWAY THE HEAD CHEF.
