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Although Thomas Stefanian, owner of Tommy's Lunch, posted non-smoking signs over four booths after the ordinance became law, he has always let people know when he doesn't want them to smoke. "If someone was smoking, I'd say 'Hey, no smoking!' and throw him out," Stefanian said...
Tommy's Lunch:Tommy Stefanian has been on Mt. Auburn St. between Plympton and DeWolfe Sts. for 25 years. During those years Tommy's has become the top hangout spot of the four after-midnight emporia. People go into Tommy's for different reasons, such as smoking and bullshitting, playing video, and even sampling the treats from the grill. Among the best bets for the palate include the cheese steak ($2.95) and a Western Frappe ($1.80), which to those not from New England is an extra thick milkshake. Tommy's is open 6 a.m.-2 a.m. on weekdays...
Tommy's Lunch hit the quarter-century mark yesterday, which means that Harvard procrastinators have been playing pinball and drinking coffee under its two neat white "No Loitering" signs since 1958. The signs were there when Thomas Stefanian bought the place, but almost everything else has changed...
...THOMAS STEFANIAN brought the first pinball machine to Cambridge in 1957, and for almost 25 years, Tommy's Lunch was the leading-silverball stadium in the Square. But just this spring, the Mt. Auburn hangout divested itself almost completely of pinball, and put all its marbles into video games--even tearing out one dining booth to make way for the expanding arcade...
...Stefanian wasn't quite sure what to make of the new additions, either "Well," he said, "on a scale of one to 10. I'm not a good judge...