June 22nd, 2008 | by Athena | published in East, Restaurants, Reviews
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We were late, and it was empty. For the first time, I didn’t know what to do with myself at a restaurant. Empty means no waiter/waitress/manager/anyone-who-was-working-and-of-use-to-me in sight - I was stuck in limbo between the street that I had walked in from, and the invisible divide that stopped me from [...]
June 19th, 2008 | by Athena | published in Cafes, Reviews
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Shhh…there’s a new joint in the Annex – so new that the two-month-old caffe didn’t have have business cards when I when I visited a month ago.
Walking in the entrance a few days after spotting it teased my aesthetic tastes as I saw minimalist, glass box displays offering a selection of [...]
June 17th, 2008 | by Athena | published in Restaurants, Reviews
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I walked in at 5. The woman at the door glared at me with more contempt than the devil. Why? Because it opened at 5:30, and I had ignored the “closed” sign. And just as that woman begrudged me, I begrudged the restaurant the rest of the night.
Oh, but after the [...]