Joseph Giordano — The Monarch Review

Leftovers – Joseph Giordano

Wednesday, November 26, 2014 16:25 — 1 Comment

It was a rowdy night at the steakhouse, Groppa del Manzo. Teddy “Sawbuck” Foster invited a dozen colleagues to celebrate his closing the merger of two Fortune 500 companies. Teddy was the firm’s chief investment banker and arbitrage trader; his pores oozed money. He earned his nickname for the daily tip he gave the white-haired grandmother who pushed the coffee cart at the office and buttered his bialy. It was after eleven when I walked outside with a chunk of Dolores Castillo’s New York strip in a doggy bag. I raised a goodbye palm to her and Teddy. We’d lingered […]