- Jeffrey Chodorow
Jeffrey Chodorow (born
2 March 1950 inNew York City ,New York ) is an American restaurateur andfinancier .In 1991, Chodorow attempted to resurrect the defunct
Braniff International Airways as "Braniff II". The airline only lasted a year, and he spent jail time for his illegal activities while head of the company. He was convicted in 1994 of defrauding the U.S. Department of Transportation and obstructing a pending proceeding of the DOT. In return for his guilty plea to these charges, the government dropped charges that Chodorow committed bankruptcy fraud and fraudulently concealed assets from creditors. [ [http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=2nd&navby=case&no=961460 FindLaw for Legal Professionals - Case Law, Federal and State Resources, Forms, and Code ] ]Chodorow was the financier for the restaurant in the
reality TV show "The Restaurant", and owns China Grill Management, a collection of high-end restaurants. He owns properties inNew Hope, Pennsylvania ,Miami, Florida ,New York City , and theHamptons .In a full page ad taken out in the February 21, 2007 dining section of the "
New York Times ", Chodorow declared figurative war on critic Frank Bruni for giving him a poor review. Chodorow advised that this was a personal attack and that he would follow up Bruni's reviews with visits to the restaurant himself, with his own review to follow on his blog.External links
* [http://www.chinagrillmgt.com China Grill Management's official site]
* [http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0426041rocco1.html Smoking Gun felony conviction papers]
* [http://www.chinagrillmgt.com/blog Chodorow's Food blog]
* [http://lx.com/drinks/2007/03/13/jeffrey-chodorow-mega-restaurateur-and-blogger/ LX.TV Video Interview]
* [http://nymag.com/nymetro/food/features/n_10216/ "New York Magazine" Profile]
* [http://www.observer.com/2007/chodorow-eats-new-york "New York Observer" Article on the Chodorow/Rocco DiSpirito feud]
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