It’s a great distance from the Bada Bing!
“The Sopranos” alum Michael Imperioli, together with spouse Victoria and restaurateur Jeremy Wladis, have opened up Scarlet, a bar and restaurant at 468 Amsterdam Ave. on the nook of 83rd Avenue on the Higher West Facet, we hear.
It’s not the star’s first time within the hospitality biz: He ran the Chelsea scorching spot Ciel Rouge a few years in the past.
He instructed Web page Six in an unique interview that the thought for Scarlet took place when he and Victoria moved again to New York Metropolis after residing on the West Coast for a number of years.
The actor, 57, who lives within the neighborhood, is available in a minimum of a pair occasions every week, and a number of other of his “Sopranos” pals — amongst them Steve Schirripa and Kathrine Narducci — have already dropped in.
There’s even a nod to Imperioli’s most up-to-date hit HBO sequence, “The White Lotus,” with a cocktail of the identical identify on the menu.
Imperioli says enjoying in two beloved mob dramas — “The Sopranos” and Martin Scorsese’s traditional flick “Goodfellas” — didn’t assist pace up getting a liquor license or minimize via any crimson tape.
“I’ll be sincere with you,” he shared. “Typically being a star can actually grease the wheels of sure type of methods. And generally it might probably actually get in the way in which. Some individuals won’t prefer it. It may all the time go both means.”
Imperioli has been a celeb for fairly a spell.
“Contemplating ‘Goodfellas’ was shot in ’89 and ‘White Lotus’ was on final yr, 2022 —that’s an extended stretch. And to have the ability to do stuff that’s of top quality that basically connects with individuals is a privilege, actually,” he stated.
Exhibiting his vary, the star, who performed Christopher Moltisanti in “The Sopranos,” can be seen onstage reverse one other HBO alum, “Succession” star Jeremy Robust, and “You” alum Victoria Pedretti in a staging of the Ibsen traditional “An Enemy of the Individuals.”
