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Nick's Beef and Beer (1688 Mass. Ave.). Comfortable decor. Hard drinker's atmosphere. Cheap pitchers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Next Week's Agenda | 10/28/1988 | See Source »

...office; Mae West sells you candy; Mickey Rooney is the usher; a sarcophagus creaks open to reveal the late James Dean. In the theater auditorium, its walls a splurge of film-trivia graffiti, you can watch a silent-movie serial or just gawk at the delirious decor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Twin Shrines to the Silver Screen | 9/26/1988 | See Source »

...usual bland stuff, enabling one to drink many cups. Water could be replenished faster, although this is not a kitchen for especial fire in the spicing. Blessedly, there is no music. Decor is minimal, which only shows off the Ta Chien work to better effect. The best of the fortune cookies tells us, "Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food." Is this subtle criticism of gossip journalism...

Author: By Robert Nadeau, | Title: OUT TO LUNCH | 9/20/1988 | See Source »

...usual bland stuff, enabling one to drink many cups. Water could be replenished faster, although this is not a kitchen for especial fire in the spicing. Blessedly, there is no music. Decor is minimal, which only shows off the Ta Chien work to better effect. The best of the fortune cookies tells us, "Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food." Is this subtle criticism of gossip journalism...

Author: By Robert Nadeau, | Title: OUT TO LUNCH | 9/19/1988 | See Source »

...usual bland stuff, enabling one to drink many cups. Water could be replenished faster, although this is not a kitchen for especial fire in the spicing. Blessedly, there is no music. Decor is minimal, which only shows off the Ta Chien work to better effect. The best of the fortune cookies tells us, "Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food." Is this subtle criticism of gossip journalism...

Author: By Robert Nadeau, | Title: The Painted Dish | 9/16/1988 | See Source »

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