Sticky fingers at LI restaurants
Some people think they can go "shopping" at the display in the foyer of J. Michaels Tuscan Steakhouse in Northport. Credit: Handout
If Granny filched a silver spoon from the fabled Waldorf Astoria in Manhattan back in 1955, there's now a way to make amends: The hotel announced an “amnesty” for the return of any silverware, ashtrays, salt shakers or other memorabilia palmed by sticky-fingered diners before 1960.
It's not just at big city hotel restaurants that folks avail themselves of the “five finger discount.” We asked some local restaurateurs about items they've seen walk out the doors over the past few years. Turns out Long Island has some creative thieves:
