Word: tavernes
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...think in people’s guts, when you get rid of all the flim-flam, it’s time to have somebody you would trust and respect as president, not somebody you would like to have a beer with in a tavern...
...parsley, vinegar and some salt and pepper. And, as the Greeks say, kali orexi (bon appétit)! yiouvetsi This traditional lamb casserole is named after the round terracotta dish in which it's cooked. Long a staple of Greece 's island communities, yiouvetsi is increasingly served at upscale taverns like Daphne's, on 4 Lysikratous Street, tel: (30-210) 322 7971, a beautifully restored neo-classical home in the famed old quarter of Plaka. A leg of lamb is pierced with cloves of garlic and then covered with minced tomatoes, olive oil, dried oregano and maybe some thyme, then...
...works of fiction—an expatriate revanche: The Brits, Germans and Arabs once chased from Tanzania’s shores returning in force and bringing with them their food, drink and stylings generally. Their presence is everywhere. A visit to the tidy expat watering hole Smokies Tavern is revealing. A full stock of 20 types of whiskey, an outrageously large buffet meal, Cuban cigars and prostitutes (local and imported) are there if the price is right...
...YORK A local landmark, the 120-year-old P.J. Clarke's tavern is renowned as much for its onetime clientele (Frank Sinatra and Elizabeth Taylor were regulars) as for its men's room, which features two-meter-high period porcelain urinals. These are famous for having ice at the bottom. Co-owner Philip Scotti explains that before air-conditioning and ventilation systems were invented, ice helped keep odors under control...
...occasionally manage to create something wonderful and transcendent. Maybe one of the shows we see this week will do that, maybe not, but it was good to get a reminder that it could happen, before the TV people and the advertising people left to drink and schmooze at Tavern on the Green, beginning their negotiations over dollars per air second and demographic delivery, each side silently promising itself it would not get fooled again...