Finance Firms Snubbing Times Square Joint

According to Page Six, some of the larger financial firms are refusing to foot the bill for executives who take clients to lunch at Hawaiian Tropic Zone, the eight-month-old restaurant in Times Square. The reason? The environment—or more specifically, the female waitstaff in skin-baring sarongs and bikini tops—is too risqué and too similar to a strip club. In response, owner Dennis Riese told The Post that the eatery is “a totally misunderstood restaurant.”