When ‘cheap’ Gilbert Gottfried had lunch at NYC’s trendiest restaurant

April 16, 2022, 12:29pm Enlarge Image Friends recall Gilbert Gottfried’s love for a cheap meal.| 12:29pm Enlarge Image Friends of the late Gilbert Gottfried recall his love of a “cheap” meal. Getty Images Who said there’s no such thing as a free lunch? One of the recurring topics among friends and family at Gilbert Gottfried’s laugh-and-tear-filled memorial service at Riverside Memorial Chapel on Thursday was the standup’s legendary frugality. Dara Gottfried, his wife, said that she dressed up on her first date and ordered one rice pudding. “I thought it was a little odd,” she admitted. “He couldn’t order two rice puddings?” Comic Jeffrey Ross joked at the funeral, “Once again Gilbert you left us with the check!” But it wasn’t the only
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