How To Avoid Hedge Fund Managers

Posted by John Carney, Aug 14, 2008, 9:00am

Just go to New York City's hottest restaurant, apparently.

Hedge fund money doesn't talk at the Waverly Inn, the city's exclusive A-list club house that is apparently still in "beta." The menu is still marked "preview," the restaurant may never have officially opened, and they screen out Connecticut phone numbers.

Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter is still involved in the seating each night. He says he tries to avoid "any stars of reality TV and hedge fund managers. For that reason, we screen calls from the 203 area code."

An Insiders' Clubhouse (Apply at the Door) [New York Times]

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Posted by Master of None, Aug 14, 2008 9:56AM

Whew. It's a good thing I live on Bank St. That was close.

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Posted by bank_teller, Aug 14, 2008 10:04AM

i object to the all-male waitstaff.

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Posted by Anal_yst, Aug 14, 2008 10:11AM

Pomposity at its finest, gag me

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Posted by guest, Aug 14, 2008 10:14AM

I can only imagine what happens when a 718 or 201 call comes in.

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Posted by guest, Aug 14, 2008 10:20AM

Would rather live in 203 than eat at Waverly.

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Posted by strangebrew, Aug 14, 2008 10:20AM

Graydon doesn't have a penny or two in a fund or fund of funds somewhere? Unlikely. Ass.

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Posted by guest, Aug 14, 2008 10:23AM

A careful reading makes me think a hedge fund manager wouldn't step foot in the place and that Carter's comment is reverse psychology. Menu sucks: mac and cheese and other boarding school food. Good treatment reserved only for the bold faced. Sounds like a less ladies-who-lunch version of Swifty's on the UES. Hedgies are smarter than that, plus they go to bed early. Also, Perelman is a regular. What does that tell you.

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Posted by guest, Aug 14, 2008 10:30AM

I would be shocked if the place lasts another 2 years.

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Posted by guest, Aug 14, 2008 10:34AM

Does Ron Insana have his own table?

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Posted by guest, Aug 14, 2008 10:35AM

So the list of Importance goes as follows,

Artists
A-list actors
Writers
Entertainment Business
Billionaires
B-list celebs
Hedge Fund managers
Reality TV stars

?????

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Posted by KipEsquire, Aug 14, 2008 10:52AM

How many restaurants can you water ski behind?!? How much is enough?!?

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Posted by guest, Aug 14, 2008 10:58AM

What if you're a billionaire hedge fund manager that collects art, has authored a book or two, has major interests in entertainment companies and reaches out to actors for fundraisers?

I say "F" Waverley Inn.

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Posted by guest, Aug 14, 2008 11:28AM

He's too old to be having another kid. I hope he's not too surprised when the baby looks like one of the kitchen staff.

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Posted by guest, Aug 14, 2008 12:42PM

The jealousy on here is laughable. HF's are not always the key to the castle. I ate here the other night and it was a nice meal, nice surroundings. What is the avg age of the poster on here? I am guessing 27 max.

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Posted by guest, Aug 14, 2008 12:56PM

I'm not jealous or feel less important cause I missed my shot at $55 mac and cheese.

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Posted by guest, Aug 14, 2008 12:59PM

14 - try age 24 max. No one above 2nd-year analyst reads this site.

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Posted by guest, Aug 14, 2008 1:01PM

16-- wrong but nice misplaced bitterness nonetheless.

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Posted by guest, Aug 14, 2008 1:05PM

You are forgetting everyone that comes to DB for associate pay numbers

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Posted by guest, Aug 14, 2008 1:48PM

Did the Waverly associate numbers come out yet?

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Posted by guest, Aug 14, 2008 2:00PM

@7 you failed to mention that the mac and cheese is with truffles and quite delicious.

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Posted by Finnegan, Aug 14, 2008 3:01PM

Graydon's commitment to stupidity and posturing will last two minutes in this economy.

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Posted by guest, Aug 14, 2008 3:13PM

The hedge fund claim is BS. I was taken there by a friend who manges a fund. He was given a number to which he sends a text message wheneever he needs a table. He was introduced to the restaurant by a fund of funds guy. Don't know about the 203 claim. Carter should have said they don't serve rich russians.

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Posted by guest, Aug 14, 2008 3:16PM

I feel sorry for you if you are over 27 and still reading DB.

Tell me the guy on page two of this article doesnt look like a fatter Jimmy Cayne/Don Imus

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Posted by guest, Aug 14, 2008 3:20PM

@23-- why do you give a shit how old people are on this site? i couldn't give a flying fuck either way that you're under 27.

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Posted by guest, Aug 14, 2008 4:04PM

@23 I'm over 27 but not too old that you still can't blow me.

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Posted by guest, Aug 14, 2008 4:50PM

yes! these comments are hilarious

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Posted by guest, Aug 14, 2008 7:46PM

What brand of mayo do they use at Waverly?

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Posted by guest, Aug 15, 2008 6:49AM

soon to be redundant MDs also read this site... once the desk is clear and youre waiting for your exit interview its quite nice to lean back and giggle...

fuck em... Im getting a 6mth weekend as of today...wooo hooo

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