Jay-Z’s 40/40 Club Is Shut Down After Reopening

Jay-Z’s 40/40 Club was shut down for a
slew of health-code violations just a day after its celebrity-drenched $10 million relaunch — and
now it faces a dreaded “C” grade, The Post has learned. An inspector found perishable food at dangerously warm temperatures inside the walk-in refrigerator and discovered “hot” food left out on the counter on Thursday, Health Department sources said. A worker was also seen mixing salsa with his bare hands.

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Bad idea to spend all that money on a relaunch when the restaurant will be getting a, “C,” rating. Jay-Z’s affiliation isn’t enough to make overlook these issues.

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Photo OP: Jay-Z Reopens Newly Renovated 40/40 Nightclub in NYC

On a freezing cold January night, both celebs and athletes came out to attend Jay-Z‘s reopening of his flatiron sports club The 40/40. Celebrity’s such as Spike Lee, Ashanti, Swizz Beatz, Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia, even Billionaire Warren Buffet walked the red carpet into the newly renovated sports bar to celebrate with Hov. Jay-Z himself walking through the red carpet with a noticeable glow, the birth of his daughter Blue Ivy Carter and the reopening of the 40/40 club along with other endeavors must be in fact due the reasoning behind the fresh faced Hov. The year has been quite gracious to the Carters thus far and we’re eager to see what else Jay-Z has up his sleeves for the remainder of 2012.

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