Keith McNally’s ‘frozen’ frites slammed by critic after he starts feud

Keith McNally’s ‘frozen’ frites slammed by critic after he starts feud

Keith McNally has sparked yet another feud after searing a review about an English countryside restaurant.

In typical fashion, the restauranteur randomly lambasted a British restaurant critic’s review of an eatery that she dubbed “Restaurant of the Year” despite it only being January.

“Does this restaurant REALLY look Life-Affirming? According to England’s Sunday Times restaurant critic, MARINA O’LOUGHLIN, it Does,” McNally wrote alongside a photo of the restaurant called Pine, located in Northumberland, England.

“Would Picasso, Christopher Hitchens and Jeremy Clarkson agree? I Doubt It. This looks more like a cafe in a nondenominational church than a ‘life-affirming restaurant. The thing is, anyone using such a high falutin’ phrase as ‘Life Affirming’ has no f–king idea what it is anyway.”

McNally, the self-described “Deadbeat New York Restaurateur,” claimed O’Loughlin bestowed such high praise on Pine because it’s “in the middle of f–king nowhere.”

“To a food reviewer like O’Loughlin, the further a restaurant is from Picadilly, the better a review it deserves,” he wrote. “And what cliched language O’Loughlin uses! Everything on Pine’s menu is ‘nutty, heavenly, sparkling, dizzying or foamy.’ Such Geordie language!”

McNally, 70, who owns New York City hotspots such as Balthazar and Minetta Tavern, ended his diatribe by telling O’Loughlin to do something that’s actually “life-affirming.”

Marina O'Loughlin's responseO’Loughlin scorched McNally’s “frozen frites” in retaliation. Twitter

“Restaurant critics like Marina O’Loughlin need to get off the High F–king Horse and do something as life-affirming as build their own restaurant before calling restaurants in the sticks with ‘preternatural fresh’ food ‘exciting’ and life f–king affirming,” he wrote.

O’Loughlin took to the comments to absolutely roast “has-been” McNally for his post.

“ach, go away. With your sad obsession with me, your rag-rolled walls and overpriced Cafe Rouges, frozen frites and desperate staff morale, you’re the last person I’d listen to about restaurants,” she responded.

She also shared a screenshot of her response on Twitter, where she continued to fry McNally.

“I see the has-been NYC restaurateur is having another normal one on insta,” she tweeted. “Normally I’d ignore but he’s talking so far out his arse I’ve bitten…”