The Italian Restaurant Car Thieves Deep in New York, there was an upscale Italian restaurant. It served some of the richest people in all of the state. However, it was recently discovered that for years the waiters were running a scheme of stealing ladies' fancy cars. When the customer wasn't looking, the waiter would snatch the car key from their purse and replace it with another item. When the customer left the restaurant, they would search their purse and find gnocchi.