Christie’s to open posh wine store in Rockefeller Center — and it got help from NY lawmakers to make it happen
The legislation enabled Christie's to sidestep the same obscure rule enforced by the New York State Liquor Authority that cost Eataly's wine shop in Chelsea a $500,000 fine in 2014 and forced celebrity chef Mario Batali and his business partners Joe and Lydia Bastianich to shut i.
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Brimstone Report is tracking this as a curated politics brief. The source report from NY Post says: The legislation enabled Christie's to sidestep the same obscure rule enforced by the New York State Liquor Authority that cost Eataly's wine shop in Chelsea a $500,000 fine in 2014 and forced celebrity chef Mario Batali and his business partners Joe and Lydia Bastianich to shut i.
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- Published: Jun 16, 2026, 10:00 AM UTC
- Coverage area: Politics
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