So my roommate Doug, his friend Alex and I went to the always warm and inviting Gramercy Tavern for a post-movie drink and nosh for the Saturday evening portion of BLIZZARD 2005! The happy hostesses took our coats and seated us at the best table in the front room, with the cozy love seat and the picture window where we watched the horizontal snow tableau. We shared an excellent cheese plate with raisin fennel, sourdough, and dark raisin pecan bread and rich chicken liver crostini with bacon and generous quenelles of caramelized onion compote and roasted tomato. We commiserated over a pot of green tea for me, a mug of cream-topped hot chocolate for Doug and a cinnamon anointed banana buttered rum for Alex. And it was just lovely. Gramercy Tavern deserves all the props they get. A lot of restaurants in this town could learn a thing or two from Danny Meyer about good service. We all get used and abused, working like a pack of dogs just trying to get our lives on in NYC -- once in a while, it's nice to get cozy with a warm beverage and be treated like an adult.
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