OT: JoJo White's restaurant closed due to fraud

Dirty Water · Post #1 » by **Dirty Water** » Wed Nov 17, 2010 1:26 pm

http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp/news/undercover/celtics-great-opens-restaurant-with-career-criminal-20101116

A little while ago I made a thread praising his new restaurant. It was very popular and as this article states it was sometimes an hour to wait for a table. A couple months ago I drove by the place and the name had changed. Now it's out of business. Apparently JoJo White's business partner was a criminal and there is $800,000 missing. Rent, loans and vendors weren't being paid. His business partner Chris Barnes had a long previous history of fraud. Why JoJo why?

Post #2 » by **sully00** » Wed Nov 17, 2010 2:05 pm

Guess we missed our chance to have our Board Party there.

Dogen · Post #3 » by **Dogen** » Wed Nov 17, 2010 2:23 pm

Say it ain't so, JoJo!

AWalkerREMIX · Post #4 » by **AWalkerREMIX** » Wed Nov 17, 2010 3:03 pm

LOL! An hour wait is nothing for a good restaurant...

Dirty Water · Post #5 » by **Dirty Water** » Wed Nov 17, 2010 3:04 pm

sully00 wrote:Guess we missed our chance to have our Board Party there.

Was there ever a board party? I was on hiatus from RealGM for a little while. Would be interested in starting something up again possibly.

Dirty Water · Post #6 » by **Dirty Water** » Wed Nov 17, 2010 3:13 pm

AWalkerREMIX wrote:LOL! An hour wait is nothing for a good restaurant...

Won't eat anywhere without a reservation, huh? What are you Christian Bale in American Psycho?

AWalkerREMIX · Post #7 » by **AWalkerREMIX** » Wed Nov 17, 2010 3:19 pm

Dirty Water wrote:
AWalkerREMIX wrote:LOL! An hour wait is nothing for a good restaurant...
Won't eat anywhere without a reservation, huh? What are you Christian Bale in American Psycho?

No, I just happen to work at a good restaurant that doesn't take reservations at all. 2 hours is our average wait Wed-Sat, an hour for Sun-Tues.

aboubata · Post #8 » by **aboubata** » Wed Nov 17, 2010 3:42 pm

AWalkerREMIX wrote:
Dirty Water wrote:
AWalkerREMIX wrote:LOL! An hour wait is nothing for a good restaurant...
Won't eat anywhere without a reservation, huh? What are you Christian Bale in American Psycho?

No, I just happen to work at a good restaurant that doesn't take reservations at all. 2 hours is our average wait Wed-Sat, an hour for Sun-Tues.

in 2 hours, I am pretty sure I could make a much better meal than what you guys offer.

greenbeans · Post #9 » by **greenbeans** » Wed Nov 17, 2010 4:50 pm

Dirty Water wrote:
sully00 wrote:Guess we missed our chance to have our Board Party there.
Was there ever a board party? I was on hiatus from RealGM for a little while. Would be interested in starting something up again possibly.

It was discussed for a time, with nobody really taking the initiative to schedule something, organize, etc.
Make it happen Dirty Water! On a weeknight in Quincy of course.

Dirty Water · Post #10 » by **Dirty Water** » Wed Nov 17, 2010 6:56 pm

greenbeans wrote:
Dirty Water wrote:
sully00 wrote:Guess we missed our chance to have our Board Party there.
Was there ever a board party? I was on hiatus from RealGM for a little while. Would be interested in starting something up again possibly.

It was discussed for a time, with nobody really taking the initiative to schedule something, organize, etc.
Make it happen Dirty Water! On a weeknight in Quincy of course.

Is that where you're from? I will be moving there next month.

greenbeans · Post #11 » by **greenbeans** » Wed Nov 17, 2010 7:14 pm

Been living here for like 7yrs. A weird place, but I like it.

Dirty Water · Post #12 » by **Dirty Water** » Wed Nov 17, 2010 7:27 pm

Yeah it will be a bit different for me. Seems like a cool place I was rarely ever down in the area. Always been hanging out in Lexington/Arlington/Cambridge. I'm moving there cause I got a job on the south shore and it's just such an easier commute. Maybe we'll organize something for the board come playoff time, now that we'll have two RealGM Celtics posters in a somewhat centralized location!

SichtingLives · Post #13 » by **SichtingLives** » Wed Nov 17, 2010 7:42 pm

Dirty Water wrote: Maybe we'll organize something for the board come playoff time, now that we'll have two RealGM Celtics posters in a somewhat centralized location!

My bet is everyone pusses out again, but good luck anyway.

GregB · Post #14 » by **GregB** » Wed Nov 17, 2010 11:34 pm

Yeah the board party fell apart based on bad planning. We had a poll to pick a place for party and for whatever reason Jo Jos got pick even though most of the people who were going lived south of boston. So just about everyone ended up backing out

I agree with Greenbeans stadium would be great location. Plenty of parking and its a decent spot.

Dirty Water · Post #15 » by **Dirty Water** » Thu Nov 18, 2010 3:22 am

Here's an idea, don't put the poll on the message board. You prob got random people voting just for shyts and giggles (who knows maybe even trolling Lakers fans).

I'll bring this back up in a few months.

exculpatory · Post #16 » by **exculpatory** » Thu Nov 18, 2010 5:36 am

If we have the party in DC, I will put up 6 guys and cook out for everyone. :0).