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Old New York: Bygone Restaurants
I'm glad Doctored said Maxwell's Plum. The place was a hoot, though the food was kind of grim. I can't tell you how often I ate take-out from Smokey's. Everything was good, including the fried chicken livers. What drove it under?
We lost Sweet's and Sloppy Louie's in the Fulton Street Fish Market. No idea what's there now. The whole things has become a plastic replica of what it was, so I never go.
Some upscale restaurants that I miss:
Lutece
The Coach House--where Babbo is now.
Sea Fare of the Aegean
Tower Suite--for weekend brunch, atop the Time-Life Building
I miss the Cosmic Coffee Shop, near where Colisseum Books (alas!) used to be. (Don't get me on to lost bookstores.)
Old New York: Bygone Restaurants
Ah, yes, pooch. Manganaro's heroes and those (just as you say) simple yet so satisfying date-and-nut bread and cream cheese sandwiches at Chock Full with a good cup of coffee. Also liked their powdered doughnuts. I used to hang out at the one on 116th and Broadway, across the street from the main gate of Columbia. Are they all gone? Didn't know that.
Are there any Zum Zum's left? Can't recall seeing one in years.
Ratner's is gone. A Sleepy's matress store now occupies the site. http://lostnewyorkcity.blogspot.com/2008/10/ratners-sleeps.html. But thank you, Russ & Daughters, for surviving.
And what a shame that Gage & Tollner's is gone.
I should have mentioned, as many of you know, that the Schrafft's at the corner of 13th Street and Fifth Avenue became the Lone Star Cafe, which had great chili and ribs to go with their killer music--one of the very few places I've ever found that had great food and great music. I once saw James Brown there (awesome), after the country-only format stopped working. Now, for reasons that I can't begin to comprehend, because its such a nice two-story space in a nice location, its one of those ubiquitous steamtable/deli places. But what do I know?
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The Pink Tea Cup still there, the last time I looked. Side of fried chicken with your pancakes?