Harvard prof who fought with restaurant over four bucks did this before, and worse

On December 9, Boston.com published the exchange of emails between Harvard Business School Professor Ben Edelman and Sichuan Garden, a restaurant in Brookline. The Internet reacted. On Wednesday afternoon, Edelman released a brief statement apologizing for his actions .

Just before that apology was released, Boston.com received a tip from a “former manager” of a “Back Bay sushi restaurant,” who stated that he had read the Edelman email exchange published on this site, and that when “it sounded familiar” he realized he had seen a similar email exchange several years prior.

The restaurant manager declined to give his name or the name of the restaurant, but described both emails and phone calls with Ben Edelman over a dispute related to the use of a Groupon promotion.