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Keith McNally brushes off criticism of his mean Lauren Sanchez Instagram post: Business at Balthazar is booming

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Celebrity restaurateur Keith McNally brushed off criticism of his scathing late-night Instagram post about Lauren Sanchez. 

McNally, who shared a carousel of recent pictures of Sanchez and Jeff Bezos and branded Bezos' fiancée 'revolting' earlier this week, insisted that his business had not been affected by the incident at all. 

The lengthy post, which McNally claimed was a Balthazar dinner report written by the manager Zouheir Louhaichy, detailed an encounter with a reporter from the Daily Beast. 

The journalist allegedly asked the restaurant manager and guests if the business had been slow because of McNally's post about Bezos and Sanchez.

'No one in NYC would stop coming to Balthazar because of a filthy rich Billionaire's girlfriend. Lots of other customers said the same thing,' says the post that went up late Thursday night. 

Celebrity restaurateur Keith McNally brushed off criticism of his scathing late-night Instagram post about Lauren Sanchez

Celebrity restaurateur Keith McNally brushed off criticism of his scathing late-night Instagram post about Lauren Sanchez

McNally, who shared a carousel of recent pictures of Sanchez and Jeff Bezos(pictured) and branded Bezos' fiancée 'revolting' earlier this week, insisted that his business had not been affected by the incident at all

McNally, who shared a carousel of recent pictures of Sanchez and Jeff Bezos(pictured) and branded Bezos' fiancée 'revolting' earlier this week, insisted that his business had not been affected by the incident at all

The lengthy post, which McNally claimed was a Balthazar dinner report written by the manager Zouheir Louhaichy, detailed an encounter with a reporter from the Daily Beast

The lengthy post, which McNally claimed was a Balthazar dinner report written by the manager Zouheir Louhaichy, detailed an encounter with a reporter from the Daily Beast

In the scathing and unprovoked late-night rant shared on Monday, McNally attacked Bezos and Sanchez, saying 'Does anybody else find Jeff Bezos' New wife - Lauren Sanchez - ABSOLUTELY REVOLTING?' 

'What an ugly and F***ing SMUG - LOOKING couple they make. Is this what having 1000 Billion dollars does to people?'

He has since sparked fury on social media, with former TV anchor Sanchez sharing a very pointed message on Tuesday night and some of her high-profile friends coming to her defense. 

In the latest post, McNally claimed that a reporter from The Daily Beast came to his restaurant as early as 5 pm on Tuesday and accused her of 'looking for a story that suits her narrative.' 

'A lady came early on around 5pm to ask for a reservation during primetime. Because we were full at primetime I offered her a nice table a little later.' 

'It turned out that she was a reporter (she later called herself 'a spy ') for The Daily Beast and she proceeded to ask our bar guests if they noticed that Balthazar wasn't busy because of Keith's Instagram post about Jeff Bezos's girlfriend,' the post reads.

'Mind you this was at 5pm!! Our lovely regular S. was the one who reported her to me after she tried to get him to give her a quote...

'He told her that No one in NYC would stop coming to Balthazar because of a filthy rich Billionaire's girlfriend. Lots of other customers said the same thing. 

 'She then came to talk to me to try to get me to give her a quote ..I told her that we couldn't comment but since she was asking if we were busy or not I simply told her to look around for herself.

'The room was packed at this point and she agreed that we seemed very busy then left,' the post reads. 

The post went on to say that the night was 'very busy,' with both indoor and outdoor seating areas 'got fairly full.' 

The former TV anchor posted two telling messages on her Instagram Stories
Her stories urged people to be kind to one another

The former TV anchor posted two telling messages on her Instagram Stories on Tuesday night, urging people to be kind to one another

McNally, the owner of enduring New York City hot-spots Balthazar, Pastis, Minetta Tavern, and Morandi has previously picked several fights with well-known visitors to his restaurants.

In October of 2022, he started a weeks-long feud with then late-night host James Corden, who reportedly screamed at McNally's Balthazar staff over an all-yolk omelet his wife had attempted to order.

McNally posted a long statement to Instagram detailing Corden's alleged unpleasant encounters with the Balthazar staff and issuing a ban on Corden as a guest of his establishments.  

Corden, who has on multiple occasions been pegged as difficult to work with, defended himself on-air and in a New York Times profile at the time.

McNally, the owner of enduring New York City hot-spots Balthazar(pictured), Pastis, Minetta Tavern, and Morandi has previously picked several fights with well-known visitors to his restaurants

McNally, the owner of enduring New York City hot-spots Balthazar(pictured), Pastis, Minetta Tavern, and Morandi has previously picked several fights with well-known visitors to his restaurants

Lauren Sanchez received support from some celebrity allies including Chrissy Teigen and MSNBC's Stephanie Ruhle

Lauren Sanchez received support from some celebrity allies including Chrissy Teigen and MSNBC's Stephanie Ruhle

He apologized, McNally reversed the ban, and things were smoothed over for a bit, but only until the restaurant boss got his hands on a copy of the London Times, in which Corden denied ever screaming at anyone.

'I don't want to over-egg the pudding, but in Friday's London Times Corden flip-flopped and told a massive lie AGAIN,' wrote McNally after the dispute had been settled for the first time.

'"I never screamed at anyone, I didn’t shout, didn’t call anyone a name or swear or use derogatory language … How is it remotely a thing? When that person who posted the story wasn’t even there," (said Corden)

'On second viewing, I found his TV "confessional" contrived and phony. The actor will say anything to save his bacon.

'In the scheme of things my opinion means nothing, but after Friday's interview and a second look at his fraudulent confessional, I've given up on James Corden. For Good,' wrote the successful hospitality boss.

Keith McNally's verbal hit list

Renowned Restaurateur Keith McNally is known for his handful of enduringly popular restaurants in New York City and around the world. He has become, perhaps, equally well-known for his sharp-tongue and unfiltered opinions.

Lauren Sanchez - On April 15, McNally posted a seemingly unprompted incendiary rant aimed at the fiancée of the world's richest man, Jeff Bezos. In it, he brands Sanchez, who often walks red carpets and attends formal events in extremely revealing outfits, 'revolting'

James Corden - In October 2022, McNally went to war with then-late night host Corden after the British funnyman allegedly berated the Balthazar staff on two separate occasions. Corden apologized on-air for his rude behavior, but denied he'd done anything wrong to several publications, further infuriating McNally. The restaurateur banned and then unbanned Corden from Balthazar, branding him a 'cretin'

Ronan Farrow - McNally is a longtime defender of Woody Allen, who has faced accusations of child sexual abuse for many years, which have harmed his reputation in Hollywood and with the publishing house that was meant to release his memoir in 2020. Ahead of the release, Ronan Farrow - himself a successful author - said he felt he could no longer work with Hachette after it acquired the memoir. Hachette promptly dropped plans to release 'Apropos of Nothing,' and gave the rights back to the author. McNally called the 'silencing of Woody Allen' an 'abuse of power by Ronan Farrow. Hachette’s craven disavowal of Woody Allen’s memoir damages freedom of expression and signals a dangerous victory for censorship by those who shout loudest,' he wrote.

Graydon Carter - In 2021, McNally took aim at Carter, the former Vanity Fair editor and founder of Air Mail, after he failed to show up for a 12-person reservation at McNally's West Village spot Morandi. 'That fancy F***er will never be allowed to make a reservation at one of my restaurants again. Never,' he wrote, adding that Carter 'had done this very same thing before. Once at Minetta Tavern and twice at Balthazar.'

Jean Georges' Tin Building - When it first opened several years ago, McNally of course did not hold his tongue when he had a negative thought about Jean Georges' restored and re-opened Tin Building in Manhattan. 'Less a food market, and more a collection of fancy restaurants ... if you're eager to go to a classy shopping mall in Orlando, save the airfare and take a cab to the Tin Building,' he wrote, adding that the project 'epitomizes the Very Worst of New York.' Three months later, he backtracked entirely after visiting the revamped food destination, writing that he had 'COMPLETELY CHANGED MY MIND ... I'm loath to admit it, but I absolutely loved the place. I should now do the Right Thing and apologize to everyone involved with the market … for being so f***ing wrong about it.'

Fay Maschler MBE - Several years back, McNally posted a rant about alleged corruption among the restaurant critics of London. Specifically, he told a story about nurturing a friendship with Fay Maschler MBE and her husband before she gave his newly opened British Balthazar a rave review. He wrote that 'without Fay Maschler's 'bought' review, which I take 50% responsibility for, Balthazar would have closed,' noting that the rest of the English critics panned the new spot. He said 'Four of five of London restaurant critics have so much Putin-like power that the people who slave away cooking and serving the food are scared s***less to publicly find fault with them, or even talk openly about the restaurant critics' colossal power.' 

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