An iconic Manhattan restaurant that holds the world record for selling the most expensive dessert — a $25,000 chocolate sundae sprinkled with gold flakes — illegally underpaid employees, a new lawsuit alleges.
Serendipity 3 — whose $295 burger is also world-record setting — made servers work off-the-clock “without compensation,” the lawsuit, filed Thursday in Manhattan federal court, claims.
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The restaurant, reportedly frequented by Marilyn Monroe and Andy Warhol, also instituted an “unlawful tip pool” — meaning tipped employees had to pay some of their money to non-tipped employees.
The 2001 rom-com “Serendipity,” starring John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale, was filmed in part at the restaurant.
A Serendipity 3 staffer, who declined to give his name, said the restaurant didn’t have any comment.
