Halle Berry’s Boyfriend Opens Cafe Fuego

Okay enough with the light in loafers comments, my question is would he really defend her honor or get in fight with a photographer over her? As being jealous of the pair, I think not. The thought of thousands plus people ,while flattering as it may be, nutting/whacking off or rubbing their cl#$*, sounds kinda creepy to me.

I doubt her manager would take him on as a client, please. He’s with Wilahmena (can’t spell it). Vincey was probably there as a favor to Halle. If Halle gave him money for the place that’s her business. So, don’t start dogging the manager.

Don’t think she’s going to be giving him money if it does sour or continue to sour. Yeah I heard about the NYT writer on her blog saying that it would be the one and only time that Halle would be there. Sounds like she may know that Aubry is only using Halle for pr. If they were so loving of a couple, I would think she would be there to support him in his endeavor, but as some of pointed out she didn’t do that when she was married to that baseball guy and Benet’s music career, which I know is debatable, was put on hold while playing house husband. Can’t see her flying up to NYC or Miami every alternating weekend to be with the guy.

If Aubry really wants his restaurant to succeed on its own merits then he needs to spend less time shopping, restaurant and event hopping (a few at that) with Halle in LA or flying all over Canada (doubt the marriage in Montreal or house buying thing will materialize) or where ever. Halle may be able to multitask, but I doubt Aubry can. The boy can even shave or comb his hair. I hope he’s sober on the photo shoots.

Where is the NY blogger page. About this being Halle’s first and last time at the restaurant? Also, you can’t be serious?!!! Halle is actually going to marry this dude in MOntreal. If she does that, I’m threw with Halle. Crazy never changes I see.

Think the getting married thing in Montreal was on some Canadian Television or some entertainment program awhile back (don’t remember the source, remember hearing from the summer–don’t think it is going to happen, so don’t let your undies get in a bunch. Apologies, if I got ya riled up. My fault. I also don’t by the crap about the house hunting thing, if so it will be for her not them.

Here’s the link to the blog: read comment from the blog poster, comment #2.

http://polisnyc.wordpress.com/2006/11/13/st-marks-roundup-o-rama/

for Blogger, if you click on the link, it will say document not found, go to the side bar on the link to the St. Marks round-up link, the article will appear.

Pitt Stop,

Looks like something to me too. Great observation. There may be some jealousy, definitely anger and/or people who like to keep things going and either don’t want them to succeed as a couple or whatever or see Aubry’s venture succeed. I am totally amazed that this piece has gotten so many posts.

Okay. I actually went to Cafe Fuego today. Let me break it down. NOw some of you may take this as someone hating. I have no time for that, I’m just keeping it real. Can’t speak for everyone, but the whole not feeling Halle’s relationship with this guy I don’t think has to do with the interracial piece, it just has a weird vibe period. There are plenty of interracial couples in Hollywood, they are all over the place, there’s just something about this one that seems NOT RIGHT! Anyway, here’s how my Gabriel sighting went.

Since I was in the city, I felt like I should try out some restaurants I’ve been curious about. I made the decision to go to Gabriel’s restaurant (Café Fuego), which was just promoted on ET, Extra, Access and all of that.

Anyway, when I arrived, I immediately noticed Gabriel Aubry was there, he was on the phone outside! He was wearing a somewhat tight white T-Shirt (short sleeved) with deep blue jeans and a skull cap. He’s very skinny, has no a**, his demeanor is somewhat milktose, and he is not someone you would gush over if you saw him walking down the street. He’s photogenic I suppose, since he’s a model, but if you saw Boris walking down the street, you might break your neck trying to get a glance, but being real if you saw Gabriel, you would just keep it going (he’s just kind of plain). Anyway, he also had on no coat, although it’s fall and it was pretty chilly outside. I guess he’s just as coo coo as Halle (LOL!).

When I saw Gabriel was there, I knew I had to go in. Next, I noticed there were not a lot of people in the restaurant - maybe about 6 to 8 people. It is a small cafe, but since he’s dating Halle and she was just on TV promoting the restaurant, I thought it would be packed, but…not so!

Gabriel’s demeanor was quite interesting. He seemed very annoyed, frustrated, and/or angry about something. First, Halle was not there with him, he was there with his business partner. Once he came back inside and I was looking at a take out menu (I had gotten from outside), he sat down next to me. He was flipping his cell phone on and off, seemingly trying to get in contact with someone. When he would flip off the cell phone, he seemed upset, like can this person answer their phone. Eventually, he just started looking at the wall. I asked the bartender/waitress what’s good here, etc. etc. She eventually was like, let me get you the main menu. She started to look for it and actually left the bar. Gabriel then SLID THE MENU TO ME IN A VERY RUDE MANNER!!! You know how it is when you may want someone to look at something or sign something, but you are upset with them; so you don’t look at them, you don’t say anything, you just aggressively slide a piece of paper to them. In other words, my first meeting with Gabriel gave me the impression, he’s not a very friendly dude, at least not at that time. Now, I did not think his rudeness was toward me, because like I said, he seemed frustrated about something or about someone, but later when I went home and told folks about how he handled the situation, they said I should not have ordered and should have told him, “I’ll come back when you know how to treat your customers!” But me being a foody and VERY CURIOUS about how the food would taste, I ordered anyway.

I ordered a mac and cheese dish, which took like 20 minutes to come out (a bit slow). I know this is a cuban restaurant, and I probably should not have ordered the mac and cheese dish. BUT, since this was the first time I was at the restaurant, I did not want to order the most expensive item on the menu. Plus, this was listed as an entree and the waitress was like, this is a very good dish. Lastly, I’m black, so hey, I just wanted me some mac and cheese.YOU GUYS!!!! I’M BEING SO FOR REAL, THIS CRAP WAS SOOOOOO NASTY!!!. JUST THINK KRAFT!, it was a hot mess!!! Also a bit deceiving because the menu said that the mac and cheese would be baked! Not so, if it was looking like Kraft!

If I were Halle, I would not have wanted to put my name on this restaurant either!! Maybe some of the other dishes are better. And I will admit I could have gotten a more traditional cuban dish, but the waitress made this sound like it was the bomb! And based on the menu, although this is a cuban restaurant, there are a lot of other type of entrees, like pancakes, etc.

But with Gabriel being rude and not being able to put on his game face for his customers (be nice, recommend a dish) and with the food not being on point. I have to say, don’t go to his restaurant! Sorry but keeping it real!!! I could careless about their relationship. Neither of them pay my bills. If anything I pay theres, I just ate at his restaurant, and was nice of enough to stay after he was not the nicest. So if that makes me a hater, then oh well! I guess everyone has to love Halle and Gabriel. After having a FIRST HAND experience with the latter, I know I don’t have to love them. SORRY! And if the food was good, I would definitely have given him and his restaurant some props. But it was just not for me. Others may like it, but I can’t get with the Kraft type of dish!

Halle Berry is a beautiful black woman who has always identified with the black community and married two black men. Black women wanted to be her and black men wanted to be with her. Whenever black male stars are asked about who they think is pretty, Halle’s name usually comes up. She’s considered to be fine. Though she dated white men long ago, ever since her marriage to David Justice and her subsequent marriage and relationship, black men assumed she would never go back to white men.

If Halle had probably dated a Hispanic, hip-hop type, I think people would not be quite so mad. But this Gabriel, well, he is kind of on the gentler side, something that a black man would never want to be. Black men like to be aggressive and “own” their women. Sexual confidence is a big deal in their world. They can’t imagine how Halle could go from black studs Justice and Ealy to what they consider a white wimp. So they assume that Gabriel is gay, a goofy geek or a nerd. The fact that he is white and considered to be a pretty boy is a double whammy. His features are very fine. To them, Halle choosing Gabriel is like pouring salt in an open wound. You’re dealing with racism and the overall issue of blacks feeling oppressed by the “white man,” when, in fact, it may be a simple case of Halle just finding herself attracted to Gabriel for some reason.

If Halle Berry was an ugly black woman, people would not care nearly as much. That’s why women like Alfre are completely overlooked. They don’t care much about her because in the black community she’s not known for her good looks. If Denzel Washington divorced his wife and started dating white women, that would be end of him too. He’d better not ever dream about it. Somehow I don’t believe he ever will.

Answeringyourquestion….thank you for response. I’m glad you didn’t think it was stupid. It kinda makes more sense in understanding where people are coming from.

Answer…good response to Saw. I don’t think she was there for the Mac ‘N Cheese either, if the story is true. I would be annoyed too if someone came to my place hoping to see Halle (right) there or for whatever reason. I like my Mac “N Cheese too but I wouldn’t think to order it at a Cuban restaurant.

To Answertoyourquestion:

The experience is very true!!!! And of course you would go to the restaurant looking for a celebrity. It was just on the news! Soooooo I’m not going to apologize for that. Plus, seeing that someone has on a T-shirt and jeans is not hard to see. Not hard to describe. Sorry!

Also, I was not staring at him. I actually gave him the impression that I did not recognize him. I would look up, then look at the menu. Went inside, ordered the food. He sat right next to me, I could see from the corner of my eye that he was frustrated with something. I was not ME! I was not in his face. He was frustrated with whatever he was calling someone about or about something in the restaurant, it could have been anything. He was just frustrated. The point is, your sweet Gabriel, was rude PERIOD!! If he was nice, I would have said so, he acted the way he did. I did not ask him to act like that. Sorry if your fantasy of him has been ruined. Plus, I made a point to say that he probably was just bothered with something AT THAT TIME. Maybe he’s normally happy go lucky. But at that moment he was not. All I wanted was for him to treat his customer better. Separate the personal frustration from you professional life. You still have to be nice to the customer. I don’t think I’m wrong on this. BELIEVE WHAT YOU WANT! And for the record, I would tell him this to his face, which I should have done when I was there. But I wanted to give the food a chance. So I did, and I did not like it.

It’s all good! I did ask a customer there, how business was doing. Apparently he had a friend who worked there. He said pretty much what you are saying that it just opened so it will take time to really get moving.

Paula’s very pretty. And she is just starting her career, so she could perhaps be the next “it” girl as many publications have suggested. BUT, there’s still something about Halle that is just more appealing. I don’t know if it’s the drama in her life that comes through on the screen, and adds some mystery and spice to her persona, or whatever. To be honest, Paula is just as pretty as Vanessa Williams, Michael Michele. All of these women were around when Halle started. But Halle just has something else. But since Halle’s is getting older, and just like with anyone, folks will start to look to other actresses, I’m sure Paula will do a wonderful job with her career.

But, let me also say, when it comes to black stars! I hate it when folks think it can only be one. How about BOTH PAULA AND HALLE ARE THE IT GIRLS!!!

I really couldn’t careless about them as a couple and whether or not they last or not. However, as a marketing expert, while Halle may be on the A-List and garner media attention, I don’t see it being a good marketing ploy in helping Cafe Fuego gain mass appeal and all promotion or pr has been low profile up to this point. I could be wrong but usually I am not when it comes to marketing. It reminds me of the Diet Coke commercial with Donna Karan a few years back while it was hep, turned out to be a media disaster.

I don’t see it really don’t see last Tuesday’s media hoopla really helping a restaurant. Yes, it does take awhile for a restaurant to work out its kinks and be a shear success on its own. Only time will tell if Tuesday’s media fan fare really helped the place or not and whether it will succeed or not just as with any given restaurant whether or not one of the owners is associated with a top celebrity or not. As for whether Halle invested in the restaurant, probably. Let’s hope she gets a financial return on her investment.