Belmont Tavern - Belleville

It was fine, except Stuttering John from Howard Stern was there bothering everyone telling us that he was famous, and how you didn't wanna cross the owners, because they were mobbed up. 1. Don't go if Stuttering John is holding court. 2. I guess don't make the owners mad or they might kill you. According to John.

I went here with my family the other day and some short guy was yelling about how he 's famous and pointing at his picture on the wall to everyone around him. He was sitting next to me so I asked him to keep it down and he whispered This place is mobbed up like it 's some sort of threat.

Was very excited to eat at this place. Brought my whole family. Chicken savoy was fabulous. As we were paying our check, Howard stern whack packer stuttering John walked in. He was very intoxicated and was with an escort. He’s about 5 foot 3 in real life and very out of shape. He kept asking everyone if they wanted a pic. Most didn’t know who he was so it was awkward. As we were leaving, he made his way to our table, he shook my Hand, and then whispered in my 9 year old daughter’s ear that “this place is run by the mafia”… like a typical 9 year old, my daughter answered loudly with “what’s the mafia”? You can hear a pin drop after that. This put a damper on an otherwise pleasant evening.

The phone screener from Howard Stern “Stuttering John” said on a recent podcast that this place is run by the mafia. We were planning to try to get a reservation but I think we’ll pass knowing that.

My date and I had a great time. The only issue was this drunk obnoxious guy who kept yelling that he was the Duke of some verse. He was belligerent and kept saying he was a celebrity. I saw him in the bathroom with a sharpie writing FSJ on the wall. I had the chicken savoy and it was great.