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September 1, 2023 | 9:42 a.m
Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy got into a dispute with a pizzeria owner who was upset that the loudmouth mogul gave his restaurant a negative review.
Portnoy, 46, was in the middle of one of his usual pizza reviews that he offers to his legions of Sports Brother fans online when he was confronted by the owner of Dragon Pizza in Somerville, Massachusetts.
In a video clip released for his “One Bite” series, Portnoy, judging the food by one bite, is seen leaving the store with an eight-slice cake.
Portnoy bit into a slice of pizza and declared, “This pizza is garbage.” He gave the pizza a rating of 6.4 out of 10 and stated that the slice he ate was a “limp mess.”
That prompted the owner of Dragon Pizza to approach Portnoy and tell him he didn’t appreciate “what you do when you come in and judge a business by one bite.”
“Fk you,” Portnoy said, calling him an “a-hole.”
Barstool Sports founder Davie Portnoy got into a fight with a pizza shop owner who was upset that the loudmouth mogul gave his restaurant a review.Twitter / @stoolpresidente The unknown owner of Dragon Pizza gives Portnoy the finger.Twitter / @stoolpresidente
The unknown owner then referred to the Barstrool founder as a “f-ing bra.”
“Just go fuck yourself and the whole damn platform you’re on,” the owner said before threatening to call the police.
Portnoy’s One Bite pizza reviews have a cult following with nearly 1 million subscribers on YouTube.
Portnoy called the pizza “garbage” after biting into a slice.Twitter / @stoolpresidente
“Dave went to Dragon Pizza and discovered the worst pizza shop owner in the history of reviews, and he and Dave got into a fight with him on the street,” the YouTube video’s caption reads.
Earlier this week, Portnoy announced layoffs at Barstool Sports, which he recently reacquired from Penn Entertainment for $1.
“I made myself very clear. Anyone who’s been paying attention is going to have layoffs and cutbacks and they’ve started and it sucks,” Portnoy said on Barstool Radio.
“And people who have known me from the beginning [know] I hate firing people. You can be incompetent, not work, and I generally don’t fire because I hate it so much. It’s the worst thing you can do.”
Portnoy’s “One Bite” pizza reviews have a cult following with nearly 1 million subscribers on YouTube.Twitter / @stoolpresidente
“Nevertheless, we are capable, it goes without saying. It’s not that I have this moral: “It can’t be done because no one will have a job.” We won’t all have a job. So we need to get back to a break-even value. We’re losing a lot and it sucks.”
Portnoy founded Barstool Sports in 2003.
In 2016, he sold most of Barstool to The Chernin Group.
Earlier this year, Penn Entertainment completed its acquisition of Barstool for a total of $551 million.
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Penn lost about $800 million on Barstool, which the company had originally hoped would boost its sports betting business by tying itself to one of the most recognizable brands in sports media.
Following the sale, Penn Entertainment announced that it was partnering with ESPN to rebrand its existing sportsbooks.
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