With the way the Nets play, he might want to start eating at McDonalds.
But Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov, who is close to buying the New Jersey b-ballers, took a team of friends to Upper East Side eatery Nello’s yesterday afternoon, after a meeting with NBA owners, the Post reports.
The bill? $19,000!
“He was very happy to be in New York, and was celebrating his new acquisition,” said restaurant owner Nello Balan, who is known for knoshing with New York’s elite and powerful.
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“He said that as of January he would own the Nets, and is looking forward to being a big part of New York.”
Nello didn’t talk about the tab, but the Post's Rich Calder was somehow able to get his hands on a copy of the receipt for $15,007.87
And a source said the Muscovite laid down a 25 percent tip of about $3,750.
Their check included $825 for three orders of truffle tagliolini; $600 for four orders of truffle carpaccio; $210 for three orders of veal chops with mushrooms; and $72 for six large waters.
Not to mention $15 for a bowl of chicken soup.
It was all washed down with a $5,000 bottle of vintage 1998 Chateau Petrus and two bottles of 2002 Montrachet Latour for $3,600.
Of course, having had the food at Nello, it was probably all worth it.
