New York restaurant uses Madame Tussauds wax figures to fill empty chairs

New York. The Peter Luger restaurant in New York, known for its tasty meats, these days has wax figures from the renowned Madame Tussauds museum to fill some of its empty chairs, since the premises of the city can still only operate at 35% of its maximum capacity.

Among the celebrities who accompany diners are the iconic Audrey Hepburn and the actor Jon Hamm, as well as the presenter and former athlete Michael Strahan, the comedian Jimmy Fallon and the meteorologist Al Roker.

“I think a lot of people are liking it”he told local media David Berson, one of the spokesmen for the Brooklyn restaurant, who has had these curious new “diners” since Wednesday, and who will stay until next Monday.

“Some customers, when they first enter, do not realize that they are wax figures”added.

“A person yesterday asked Jon Hamm if he knew where the toilets were, almost as if he were an employee”, he counted.

In real life, Hepburn died of cancer at the age of 63, but in this restaurant the actress, decked out in her pearls and elegant black gloves, sits before a pair of martinis and a basket of bread, gazing up at an empty chair. .

Jon Hamm, however, is in the bar area with a drink in his hand leaning lightly on the bar, while Al Roker kindly indicates to the customers the stairs that lead to the second floor of the restaurant, and Jimmy Falon enjoys at another table from one of Peter Luger’s famous steaks.

“None of them have covid”, bromea Berson. “Everyone is having a great time.”

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