Cheesy, touristy coffeehouse tries to shut down new, authentic Mediterranean restaurant with pointless lawsuit.
UPDATE (Sept. 11, 2014): Café Mezo Capitulates To Café Intermezzo
Café Intermezzo is suing Café Mezo, a new Midtown Mediterranean restaurant, over the businesses’ similar-sounding names.
Café Intermezzo contends it’s losing business because people are confused between the carnival house, faux-Italian establishment, and the authentic, raucous Mediterranean restaurant.
Right.
That’s like Ebenezer Baptist Church claiming that Grant Henry’s Sister Louisa’s Church of the Living Room and Ping Pong Emporium is stealing parishioners.
If you’ve ever been to Cafe Intermezzo, the Epcot of restaurants, you realize the ridiculousness of its premise. Set aside that we despise Café Intermezzo and love Café Mezo, it’s hard to imagine how anybody could confuse the two restaurants.
The sad reality is that Café Mezo will have to lick the latte foam off its face and change the restaurant’s name because it will be too expensive for a mom-and-pop shop to defend itself against the half-Disney, half -Madame Tussauds’ replica of an Italian bistro.
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Sorry to hear that Kemal has to do this in response to a bullying tactic from a tacky place like Intermezzo. Sivas is a great name and the new logo is very sharp.
I’ll glady skip sitting at a rickety little chair and waiting 30 mins for a piece of cake at Intermezzo to spend more money at Sivas (where the service, food, and experience are leaps ahead) to help them pay for their new signage.