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CTV 1/1/20103 J$ a |: P: |) d" z2 h
CALGARY -- The manager of an upscale Calgary restaurant is furious, claiming that Edmonton Oilers players refused to cover the full cost of a nearly $17,000 tab during a New Year's Eve night out for team members.
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0 y* p# C7 T# q8 B( @% @Maurizio Terrigno of Osteria de Medici, the restaurant where former U.S. president George W. Bush dined when he was in Calgary last year, said the team and staff owed $16,796.39 but wanted a break on the bill and paid $12,381.45.
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% `$ m3 k' b2 e* Q' K( m5 rTerrigno said about half of the bill was for alcohol totalling $8,248, including dozens of shots of tequila and bottles of expensive wine and $1,000 champagne.
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) q2 B' @5 r* x; ^) o"These guys came in, they enjoyed our hospitality and when the bill came ... they went ballistic to the point where they started threatening, denigrating my staff, saying, `We're the Edmonton Oilers, we expect a 50 per cent discount,' " said Terrigno.
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+ C+ g, ~) N9 u& `% A' t. H0 UTerrigno said 45 people ordered off the menu and their total bill came to $14,234.23, including $677.98 for GST. The restaurant usually adds an automatic 18 per cent gratuity for a large group, which would bring the total to $16,796.39.
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The Oilers had lost by a score of 2-1 earlier in the night against the Calgary Flames.
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6 D; `" u! U7 KOilers spokesman Allan Watt said the restaurant was recommended by some Calgary friends of the players and they had a prearranged meal and menu.
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"They received the bill which they felt was outrageous," said Watt.
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: A1 Q& P! O: n2 {3 y( a4 r6 D"They inquired about it and they were unhappy about it and were unhappy with some of the charges. The restaurant adjusted it by $7,000.". ]% z1 \/ _7 R0 m7 M' d
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Watt said the players paid the adjusted bill and added a $1,900 tip and left the restaurant.% S j q0 d+ Y& k
% d3 s4 `8 ^9 lTerrigno said the group, which included team captain Ethan Moreau, attempted to negotiate a discount on the bill.1 {% {- E4 ~/ Q+ K/ X" g4 i' z
1 n, g0 ?6 \! @" n3 P. t2 ]6 xHe said the players argued they should pay by the bottle for dozens of shooters purchased during the bash, but the restaurant charged them for each one individually.% d" @( v! R$ s% @4 Z
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The restaurant tried to charge for a bottle of an imported expensive brandy after one of the players took a swig straight from it.
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"They refused to pay for the whole bottle because they didn't consume the whole bottle," said Terrigno.: G" ]/ g9 A. H6 v5 N7 ?) m
4 S7 y# m0 }4 B( l% C9 @% p. HHe said there's no way the restaurant will serve other clients from the same bottle.
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3 @. w+ P, a1 b% V9 g! e) ZTerrigno said at one point he threatened to phone police.
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, @ ^( y% c4 @) g) b"It's the first time during the 37 years of business have I ever experienced something like this," he said. "What's more upsetting is we know who they are."
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! a R* l- `- I% sTerrigno said because he was infuriated by what happened he plans on donating the money the players paid the restaurant to charity. |
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