Poster's Story Title:   Gross and illegal treatment of employees Name Of Establishment:   Kellari's Parea Location:   36 E. 20th St Story:   I am writing this post anonymously because I still need to maintain some semblance of dignity in the restaurant world (IE. everyone knows everyone type of thing. Anyway, my tale begins at the not so old Kellari's Parea. Purchased last summer from the Iron Chef run Michael Symon group, which included some wealthy, yet culinary-ignorant people, Kellari's Parea picked up on a Greek themed restaurant and added it as their third restaurant in the Kellari group. Someone should have realized the problems right off the bat when a high profile chef runs for the hills from his partners, and then the subsequent rapid demise of what was a successful restaurant (if not well regarded by the traditional Greek community). But the bulk of the partners remained on board ion a not so silent type of status. Arguments ensued for the majority of the 10 months or so of existence about how to run the place. Menus have been made, remade, rewritten, replaced, reviewed and returned back to square one. Anyone out there know of a place that has had 5 menus in its 1st 10 months??? All this sets the stage for a story of abuse, both sexually charged and verbal, mistreatment, illegal accounting practices (anyone ever received a bogus W-2 statement, complete with fake tax ID number?) and blatant disregard for any city laws. As an employee (I won't state my title or time of stay), I have endured listening to male partners and managers (females do not belong in the Greek world of business) make sexual charged comments to and about fellow employees such as: HOSTESSES: "She's hot---look at her tits---I don't care about her lack of experience, put her up front as hostess--we need to bring people in from the street"; "Is that what your wearing tonight??? Go home and come back tomorrow wearing something shorter."; "Are you wearing flats??? Go back and get some high heels to show of your legs". BARTENDERS: "I don't care about firing someone if they don't look the part---and she is just not hot enough to keep her job here."; "Did you see her ass??? She worked at a strip club, so we know she'll shake it for our regulars (and by regulars that means partners)."; "Will your boyfriend care about you working here? You don't have one? Well, would you like to have a Greek boyfriend?"---this last one transpired as part of an interview for a hostess who was too young to understand the nature of the comment. Sorry, but my fingers are cramping right now (how the hell do people type all day?!) More to come in the extremely near future. Hope to hear from some of you, especially if you have ever worked or dined there!!!