Flash in the Pan: Life and Death of an American Restaurant

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Intro; Dedication; Author's Note; Epigraph; Part One: Smoking; One: Have You Met Miss Jones?; Two: Varick and Vandam; Three: Miss Jones; Four: The Slicing of the Pie; Five: Why Did Hemingway Love Fish?; Six: The Price of Eggs in SoHo; Seven: Hey Bartender; Eight: American Buffalo Burger; Nine: What Else Is a Ceiling but a Wall Turned Upside Down?; Ten: Let the Games Begin; Eleven: The Evolution and Development of a Bottle in Space; Twelve: Opening Night; Thirteen: If You Serve Guacamole for Free They Will Come; Fourteen: The Birthday Party; Fifteen: Dances with Dishes Intro Dedication Author's Note Epigraph Part One: Smoking One: Have You Met Miss Jones? Two: Varick and Vandam Three: Miss Jones Four: The Slicing of the Pie Five: Why Did Hemingway Love Fish? Six: The Price of Eggs in SoHo Seven: Hey Bartender Eight: American Buffalo Burger Nine: What Else Is a Ceiling but a Wall Turned Upside Down? Ten: Let the Games Begin Eleven: The Evolution and Development of a Bottle in Space Twelve: Opening Night Thirteen: If You Serve Guacamole for Free They Will Come Fourteen: The Birthday Party Fifteen: Dances with Dishes Sixteen: Regarding Henry HauckSeventeen: "I Don't Want to Be a Bowl-Brigger" Eighteen: Lady D'Arbanville and the Banana Cream Tart Nineteen: Crime and Punishment Twenty: Fucking Fruits and Vegetables Twenty-One: Gael Force Twenty-Two: Girls, Girls, Girls! Part Two: Non-Smoking Twenty-Three: Moe Green Meets Oliver Stone Twenty-Four: Bruce, Terry, and the Three Icelandic Blondes Twenty-Five: How to Save The Falls: A One-Act Play Twenty-Six: It's Miller Time Twenty-Seven: Down, Down, Down ... Twenty-Eight: "Ladies and Gentlemen ... Mr. Danny Aiello!" Twenty-Nine: Out of Gas Thirty: Those Lips, Those IsleysThirty-One: It Should Have Been Roast Beef Sandwiches Thirty-Two: A Kiss Before Dying Thirty-Three: Too Many Fish Epilogue Acknowledgments About The Author Copyright