Curtis Sliwa ‘sitting Shiva’ for the Times Square Red Lobster, blames ‘all the shrimp you can eat’ deals

Nypost · Jun 02, 2026 · 326 words · By Daniel Cody

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Curtis Sliwa ‘sitting Shiva’ for the Times Square Red Lobster, blames ‘all the shrimp you can eat’ deals See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Curtis Sliwa ‘sitting Shiva’ for the Times Square Red Lobster, blames ‘all the shrimp you can eat’ deals See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The New York Post on GoogleFormer mayoral candidate and Guardian Angels co-founder Curtis Sliwa is “sitting Shiva” for the Times Square Red Lobster, blaming the company’s all you can eat policies for the Midtown location’s demise.

Common ground

“I’m sitting Shiva for the closing of the biggest Red Lobster restaurant of all, right in Times Square!” Sliwa said in an Instagram reel posted by comedian Eitan Levine and WOR710.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Causal Oversimplification: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that The seafood chain’s flagship Manhattan location is closing it’s doors on June 14?
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Claim 1: “The seafood chain’s flagship Manhattan location is closing it’s doors on June 14.”

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Multiple independent web search results confirm that the Red Lobster flagship location in Times Square is closing on June 14.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Squat lobsters are dorsoventrally flattened crustaceans with long tails held curled beneath the cephalothorax. They are found in the two superfamilies Galatheoidea and Chirostyloidea, which form part …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squat_lobster

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 5 Times Square is a 38-story office skyscraper at the southern end of Times Square in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City, New York, U.S. Located on the western sidewalk of Seventh Ave…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5_Times_Square

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Red Lobster Hospitality LLC is an American casual dining restaurant chain headquartered in Orlando, Florida. The company has operations across most of the United States (including Puerto Rico), and Ca…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Lobster

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Claim 2: “Curtis Sliwa co-hosts conservative radio show “Curtis Sliwa and Larry Mendte in the Morning” on WOR710.”

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Wikipedia confirms Curtis Sliwa is a radio talk show host at 710 WOR and Larry Mendte is the host of 'Mendte in the Morning' on WOR radio. While the specific joint title 'Curtis Sliwa and Larry Mendte in the Morning' is implied by their shared station and roles, the individual components are verified.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Curtis Anthony Sliwa (born March 26, 1954) is an American politician, activist and radio talk show host at 710 WOR Radio in NYC. He is the founder and chief executive officer of the Guardian Angels, a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Sliwa

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Lawrence David Mendte (born January 16, 1957) is the host of Mendte in the Morning on WOR radio in New York City, after spending a year at the station as news director and anchor. Mendte is a longtime…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Mendte

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web search NEUTRAL — Stay at The Curtis, a vibrant boutique hotel in Denver. Discover newly renovated themed rooms in the heart of downtown, steps from the Theater District.
https://www.thecurtis.com/

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Claim 3: “Rapper Nicki Minaj worked at the Times Square Red Lobster before her rise to fame.”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant search results about UK visas, primary school admissions, and general biographies of Nicki Minaj. None of the provided sources mention her employment at Red Lobster.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The discography of Rick Ross, an American rapper, consists of eleven studio albums, five collaborative studio albums, one soundtrack, one compilation album, one extended play (EP), six mixtapes (inclu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Ross_discography

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty (born December 8, 1982), known professionally as Nicki Minaj ( NIK-ee min-AHZH), is a Trinidadian rapper, singer, and songwriter. Dubbed the "Queen of Rap" and one of the most…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicki_Minaj

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Pink Friday 2 is the fifth studio album by rapper Nicki Minaj, released on December 8, 2023, through Republic Records. A sequel to Minaj's debut album, Pink Friday (2010), it fuses sounds from variou…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Friday_2

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Claim 4: “Sitting Shiva is a traditional mourning ritual in Judaism that involves staying in the home of the deceased, typically while seated.”

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Wikipedia and authoritative religious sources (Chabad.org) confirm that sitting Shiva is a Jewish mourning ritual involving staying in the home and often sitting on low stools.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Bereavement in Judaism (Hebrew: אֲבֵלוּת, romanized: ʾăvēlût, lit. 'mourning') is shaped and governed by a combination of Jewish custom (מִנְהָג, minhāg; pl. מִנְהָגִים, minhāgîm), observations of fig…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bereavement_in_Judaism

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Shiva (Hebrew: שִׁבְעָה‎, romanized: šīvʿā, lit. 'seven') is the week-long mourning period in Judaism for first-degree relatives. The ritual is referred to as "sitting shiva" in English. The shiva per…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiva_(Judaism)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Shiva Baby is a 2020 American comedy film written and directed by Emma Seligman, in her feature directorial debut. The film stars Rachel Sennott as Danielle, a directionless young bisexual Jewish woma…
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Claim 5: “Former mayoral candidate and Guardian Angels co-founder Curtis Sliwa”

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Wikipedia explicitly confirms Curtis Sliwa is the founder of the Guardian Angels and an American politician (former mayoral candidate).

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Guardian Angels is an American nonprofit volunteer organization with the goal of unarmed crime prevention. The organization was founded by Curtis Sliwa in New York City on February 14, 1979. Sliwa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guardian_Angels

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Lisa Evers (formerly Lisa Sliwa) (born June 15, 1953) is an American general assignment reporter for FOX 5 News, host of the Street Soldiers with Lisa Evers television and radio show in New York City,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Evers

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Claim 6: “they just closed their oldest Red Lobster of all time in Tallahassee, Florida.”

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The claim is confirmed by a cross-reference from NBC Washington and multiple independent web search results stating the oldest continuously operating Red Lobster in Tallahassee, Florida, closed on May 24.

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web search NEUTRAL — May 18, 2026 ... Its last day in business is May 24. · Red Lobster's oldest continuously-operating location in Tallahassee is closing permanently. · The closure ...
https://www.tallahassee.com/story/entertainment/restaurants/…

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web search NEUTRAL — May 20, 2026 ... The oldest continuously operating Red Lobster seafood restaurant, located in Tallahassee, Florida, will officially close on May 24.
https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/entertainment/entertainment-n…

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web search NEUTRAL — Red Lobster will shutter its oldest continuously operating location on May ... Tallahassee, Florida, restaurant that opened in 1970. The Tallahassee ...
https://www.seafoodnews.com/Story/1343687/Red-Lobsters-Oldes…

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