We are also pressuring the landlord to make the repairs so we could possibly open the side street to bay windows and eventually have tables on the sidewalk.One of Italy's signature sights, the Torre Pendente truly lives up to its name, leaning a startling 3.9 degrees off the vertical. The building is not falling down and poses no danger. UPDATE: Motorino's publicist has sent us this revised statement from chef Mathieu Palombino: "The landlord is being pressured by the Department of Buildings to correct a lean on the building. Also, with the door impossible to close, this probably means they have no choice but to go the Denny's route, rip the locks off the door, and rage all night! Mmmm, midnight Motorino. To keep from falling over, they're probably going to have to rearrange their seating chart to keep more heavy-set diners stay on one side, while the skinny lightweights eat salad on the other to balance it out. Now a tipster tells us that it's shifted so far out of plumb that the doors and windows don't properly close. The original Williamsburg location of Motorino, one of the epicenters of the Neapolitan-style pizza earthquake that's rocked NYC in the past few years, is tipping over! For over 15 years, according to DOB records, the building on Graham Avenue that houses the ground floor pizzeria has been listing to the side.
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