No reservation? Same-name guy plays Trump card

Fred Trump has been dining out on his name for years. Literally.

When the 73-year-old Manhattanite walked into Cafe Fiorello last weekend without a reservation, the popular Italian restaurant across from Lincoln Center was packed with the post-theater crowd. But the retiree and his “lady friend” had no problem getting one of the best tables. “I said my name was Trump. They looked me up and down before leading us to a very good, quiet table,” he said.

But despite sharing a name with Donald Trump’s late father, Fred (inset) is not a blood relative, though he says he’s been snagging good tables via his gilded name since the early ’80s — when Donald was the poster boy for Manhattan money and power.

Once, “I got a fantastic seat at Le Bernardin when my wealthy cousin from California visited and wanted to go to New York’s best restaurant,” said Fred. “I made the reservation under my name, and we were very nicely escorted to a [table] where we were the center of attention.”

These days, with Donald in the White House, the Trump name may not be beloved by all New Yorkers, but “it still makes restaurant people perk up,” Fred says.

Other nonrelatives see it as more of a burden than a boon.

Maxine Trump, a 45-year-old filmmaker who lives in Brooklyn, has made a five-minute documentary short, “Trumps Against Trump,” that touches on the headache of her name and can be viewed on Facebook.

“In my e-mail signature, I put ‘No relation,’ ” Maxine said.

Manhattan resident Peter Trump, 53, has gone a step further to avoid political arguments, saying he now goes by just his first and middle names, Peter Nicholas.