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Fashion Cafe
Date EstablishedLocation1995New York
Description
This restaurant chain in New York City also had locations in others countries such as United Kingdom, South Africa, Mexico, and Spain. It had even emphasized celebrity models of Naomi Campbell, Elle Macpherson, Claudia Schiffer, and Christy Turlington and boasted to rival even Planet Hollywood. It was not without controversy surrounding the owners of Francesco Buti and Tommaso to eventually being accused of using the money gathered from investors for personal uses. With all the negative publicity of the owners being charged with fraud, money laundering, and conspiracy the locations closed in 2000.