Restaurant gives Zachary Quinto's James Corden impression two thumbs down
“Zachary Quinto—an amazing Spock, but a terrible customer,” raves the Canadian restaurant Manita
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He’s played Spock. He’s played NOS4A2. Now Zachary Quinto is receiving rave reviews for his latest role: “an entitled child.”
Proving that celebrities have learned nothing from all those non-apologies James Corden delivered during 2022's Balthazargate, the Canadian restaurant Manita has accused Quinto of taking out his “frustrations” with Manita’s reservation system on the restaurant’s staff. In an Instagram post, the restaurant claimed Quinto “yelled at our staff like an entitled child after he didn’t reply to two texts to inform his table was ready.” Of course, we could blame this on the switchover from puck-sized pagers to text messages, which has wreaked untold havoc upon the dining world, but we digress. It’s still up to the patron to treat staff respectfully, no matter their Starfleet ranking. But apparently, Quinto had more problems with Manita. He “refused to believe the empty tables in the dining room weren’t available for him despite being politely informed they were spoken for.” Quinto, the restaurant said, “made our host cry and the rest of our brunch diners uncomfortable.”
Now, we all know how painful waiting for a table can be. It is a sad fact that if we want to enjoy a meal at a popular eatery, we are at the mercy of automated reservation systems. Nevertheless, the restaurant is asking Quinto to “take your bad vibes somewhere else” because they have “many lovely celebrities join us at Manita, but you are not one of them.” Later, the restaurant elaborated on the post, writing that this isn’t the first time an “irate guest has taken their frustrations out on our staff […] To all the other Zachary Quintos out there, on behalf of restaurant workers everywhere: We aren’t above criticism, but we are above being demeaned.”
Sadly, the post curiously ignores that yesterday was Zachary Quinto’s birthday and that, as the birthday boy, it’s his right to cry if he wants to. As such, the only image on Zachary Quinto’s Instagram Stories, presumably posted hours after the incident, sees the actor blissfully enjoying a small birthday pastry as he prepares to blow out a lone lit candle. Was this photo taken at Manita? Probably not, because it sounds like he was asked to leave. Quinto has yet to comment on the controversy, but we take some solace in knowing that the birthday boy got his cake after a long day of yelling at service professionals.