Keith McNally and Graydon Carter Finally Make Up

"You go to the trouble of arranging the rapprochement of the century, and the clouds open up. Four years after an Instagram-fueled contretemps threatened to founder their 40-year relationship, Keith McNally and Graydon Carter met, ostensibly, for a hatchet-burying déjeuner on a street corner near their respective restaurants Morandi and the Waverly Inn. At the appointed time, it poured. But you'd be hard put to find two men the heavens are less likely to cow."

"Like all fine beef, theirs softened with age. They were ready to begin anew even before we called. At the shoot, sitting at a table laid with the bounty of both of their restaurants, McNally companionably grasped Carter's forearm and the two chatted about children and vacations. As the rain beat down, Carter offered McNally the shield of his large umbrella; McNally, with an Englishman's grit about inclemency, repeatedly declined. Détente at last, more or less."

Keith McNally and Graydon Carter repaired a four-decade relationship after an Instagram-fueled contretemps threatened to end their friendship. Their meeting took place near their restaurants Morandi and the Waverly Inn, and rain fell at the appointed time. Past careers saw both men gatekeeping before opening their own nostalgic New York watering holes and writing best-selling memoirs. The feud escalated after a canceled large reservation by Carter's assistant prompted McNally to publicly attack and ban Carter from his restaurants, drawing press attention. At a later shoot they sat together, chatted about family and vacations, and accepted a tentative détente.

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