Salon owner gets competitor banned from new Mazzone restaurant
By Steve Barnes
Published 1:08 pm, Monday, April 29, 2013
LATHAM — Salon owner Jean Claude Simille, who owns three Jean Paul Spa & Salon locations in the Capital Region, was asked to leave the new Tala American Bistro in Latham in the middle of dinner on Friday and was told he is banned from the restaurant because of bad blood between him and the owners of Rumors Salon & Spa and Rumors IV Men. Tala leases space on the north side of the 12,000-square-foot Rumours building at 626 New Loudon Road (Route 9) but is not affiliated with the salon.
Restaurateur Angelo Mazzone, who co-owns Tala with partners Leah and Tom Tyrrell, confirmed that Simille, who was quietly having dinner and not misbehaving, was asked to leave and never return, at the request of Rumours co-owner Marri Aviza.
"We can't afford to alienate (Rumours)," said Mazzone. He estimated that more than 25 percent of Tala's business will come from the salon's 100-plus employees, more from clients and other referrals.
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