Sat 21 Jan 2012
Jay-Z Re-Opens His 40/40 Club While Beyoncé Rests at Home (UPDATED)
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(Jay-Z and his billionaire pal Warren Buffet)
After not-giving-a-cheesy-tabloid-her-first-interview since the birth of Blue Ivy Carter, rumors were buzzing that Beyonce would step out for her first public appearance since the birth….to support her hubby Jay-Z’s 40/40 club re-opening. So many red-carpet watchers were disappointed when Bey did not attend. It seems like a lot of us were caught up in in the hysteria. Mr. North pointed out that health-wise, it was probably too early for Beyonce to go anywhere. The club was still packed, though. Celebs like Warren Buffet, Spike Lee, Questlove and more all came out to show their support.
UPDATE 1/21/12:
One day after this grand opening party, the NYC Dept of Health reportedly swept in and shut down the newly renovated 40/40 Club for varying degrees of eww. Under the NYC restaurant rating system, if you score higher than 28, you get a C-Grade….
The 40/40 Club scored a 69.
Some of the violations sound mild, like “thermometer not used during cooking…”
But others like a refrigerator being kept at 60 degrees, bare-hand salsa mixing, and “inadequate personal cleanliness”!?!?
*dry heave*
More details….
And more photos from the opening…
after the jump…
UPDATE 1/21/12 continued:
So according to the New York Post and TMZ, the Dept of Health shut down the 40/40 one day after the opening bash….but they came during business hours so all the customers that were already there, got to stay. Omg. What the hell is that?
More importantly, the kitchen must have cleaned up that night because the club was back open for business by Friday.
Grand opening, Renovation closing….Grand re-opening, Next-day icky re-closing, Quiet Re-re-opening.
Back to the pretty pictures:
(via Rap-Up)
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January 19th, 2012 at 9:28 am
Warren Buffet got the diamond up.. THATS BIG.. YO.
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tone Reply:
January 23rd, 2012 at 10:33 am
huge!
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January 19th, 2012 at 9:31 am
Warren Buffett throwing up the roc sign might be the greatest thing ever photographed
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rrahha Reply:
January 21st, 2012 at 11:40 am
Warren Buffet throwing up the roc “diamond” sign, cosigns his and jay’s illumaniti partnership.
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Kreole Reply:
January 24th, 2012 at 11:52 am
LOL at “partnership”
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January 19th, 2012 at 9:41 am
I’m so glad that they closed down and re-did this place. It became such an eye sore, and the people that used to be allowed in…whoa. It looks like millions were invested in this place, according to some people I know who work there. Good for them, I hope that this iteration of the place bodes well for everyone.
PS: I understand hip hop culture is similar to slacker skater culture but wow, why was Wale allowed in dressed like that? Supposedly a lot of big names who were dressed right were turned away…yet he was let in looking like a hipster lumberjack nerd. Okay.
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Londoner Reply:
January 22nd, 2012 at 2:57 pm
lol!
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January 19th, 2012 at 9:55 am
Warren Buffet throWin it up…priceless
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January 19th, 2012 at 11:34 am
just the fact that Sean “Jay-Z” Carter has the pull/power/connections to invite Warren Buffett (billionaire, investor legend, and philanthropist) and Warren actually coming to his party like its nothing, even throwing up the Roc Diamond, and kicking it… that speaks volumes
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January 19th, 2012 at 1:38 pm
I am not the biggest J fan, mainly b/c I used to be a HUGE fan of everything they was doing with Rocafella. That diamond meant alot to me, and seeing how Jay cut ties with basically the whole team except Bleek (to be his hype man)and Kanye? (to make his beats)never fealt right to me as a fan.
But, Warren Buffet, at your own club, throwing up the diamond, days after the baddest chick in the game just had your baby…
“Your about to witness a dynasty like no other.”
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ydlafams Reply:
January 19th, 2012 at 4:09 pm
Very poetic and true, William.
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Sledgehammer Reply:
January 19th, 2012 at 6:43 pm
Co sign that… Well said
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G2dx Reply:
January 19th, 2012 at 8:10 pm
You’re right about your last line !
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January 21st, 2012 at 12:47 pm
I don’t believe these grades they put on windows. No waythe Chinese restaurant by me got a legit A.
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RJ Reply:
January 21st, 2012 at 1:39 pm
Word. There are some dingy restaurants that has an A posted on their windows and I find that hard to believe. They gotta be forging those papers when the health inspector leaves.
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Sayword Reply:
January 21st, 2012 at 2:42 pm
That cat is their to keep the place clean. You didn’t know?
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January 21st, 2012 at 2:22 pm
“Grand opening, grand closing.”
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London Town Reply:
January 25th, 2012 at 5:36 pm
Pahaha
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January 21st, 2012 at 2:40 pm
DAMN! Sounds like some nasty sh*t. I did better cleaning myself working at Taco Bell in high school, lol.
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January 21st, 2012 at 2:56 pm
You can’t help but feel bad for Beans and the rest of the roc loser. This guy Camel Jay is so damn cheap he was serving billionair Buffet hand stirred salsa pubes! Like son you having Buffet over spends some extra on plastic spoons for the cooks cheaps add nigga
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jhambi Reply:
January 22nd, 2012 at 11:53 am
LOL amazing
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January 21st, 2012 at 7:04 pm
Grand opening.. Grand closing… Didn’t jigga rap about that?? how ironic..
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January 22nd, 2012 at 12:45 pm
Inspectors don’t grade you on how clean the restaurant is (in terms of dinginess / dirt / etc) but on how clean the FOOD is and the manner in which is stored and prepared (along with how the kitchen is maintained – leaks, rodent droppings, etc.)
If your restaurant have violations but is under the allowed 28 points, they’ll let you remain open and they’ll come back within 2 weeks for a secondary inspection – where they’ll give you your final grade. So all you have to do is clean up those violations and maintain a clean kitchen for 2 weeks and you’re set for an A rating.
Hence why some of the dirtiest LOOKING places receives A’s on their inspection.
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