Six Characters in Search of A Nobu
Ben Barna
May 01, 2008
Travis Bickle, Jake La Motta, Vito Corleone, Max Cady, and Frankenstein, are all getting into the Japanese-themed condo-hotel business. That’s right, some of the most memorable film characters of the last four decades are uniting under the guise of Robert De Niro to build a Nobu Hotel in the financial district. De Niro was selected by the characters because not only do they share his likeness, but he’s already a partner in the upscale Japanese restaurant chain. “It seemed like the perfect fit,” Frankenstein said as he hid from the townspeople.
The rooms will be zenned out with green tea and sake-equipped minibars, and sushi rolls may replace mints as pillow accessories. The Broad St. enclave will be the second of its kind, with one opening this summer in the Israel beach town of Herzilya. Legendary mobster and Untouchables character Al Capone was said to be very angry for his exclusion in the ventures, but the others reportedly felt his reputation may ruin the hotel’s image. Hey, Corleone was no saint either.
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