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Mario Batali sued by neighbor over obnoxious odor & noise

A Greenwich Village man says living next to one of Mario Batali’s restaurants has left a bad taste in his mouth — so he’s suing the celebrity chef for $10 million, accusing the eatery of emitting an endless stench and racket.

Nurettin Akgul, who lives next to Batali’s Babbo at 110 Waverly Place, says in a Manhattan civil suit that he had a deal with the star chef last year.

The 61-year-old retired oil exec says he had promised not to oppose Batali’s application for a variance — required to open an eatery in a residential district — if the chef agreed to terms including soundproofing and $26,000 in legal fees.

The variance was approved, but Batali hasn’t upheld the deal, the suit says.

“Once Batali got his variance, he just turned his back on my client,” Akgul’s lawyer, Jack Lester, said.

The suit says that Akgul’s town house at 108 Waverly Place now stinks of food grease and that he can’t sleep at night because the eatery’s air conditioners cause “unrelenting vibrations and a chronic hum.”

“The humming is so intense, I cannot even open my window in the back,” Akgul said.

“I can smell everything they cook, the garlic, and when they use chemicals to clean the exhaust dust we get the stuff in our windows. It’s really a nuisance.”

A rep for Batali declined to comment.