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Ken Friedman and White Gold Sued by At Ease Acres Farm for Allegedly Not Paying For Steers | Eater NY

"I report that this Upper West Side restaurant-butcher shop, which opened in 2016 with the mantra of serving up local, nose-to-tail butchery, has been hit by mounting money troubles and legal claims. A farm alleges the restaurant carried a balance of more than $33,000 starting in early 2018 and still owed $37,513.39 by April 2018 for animals that ended up at the shop; payments had been made weekly but stopped when it became known WGB would close after the schism between April Bloomfield and Ken Friedman following allegations of sexual misconduct against Friedman. The butchers Erika Nakamura and Jocelyn Guest left in March, and when Bloomfield and Friedman split their empire this summer the business went to Friedman and then closed in August with a note saying a new restaurant would be going into the space. The landlord at 375 Amsterdam Ave. at 78th Street has also posted a notice saying the restaurant owes nearly $60,000 in rent. Bloomfield is not named as a defendant in the farm's suit, though she and hotelier Ed Scheetz are listed as owners of the restaurant’s LLC; Friedman and Scheetz did not immediately respond to requests for comment, and Bloomfield declined to comment." - Serena Dai