food | King Cole Bar | Sal Sinzieri | New York

Dinner
"Da Silvano has very good Italian food - not spaghetti and meatballs, but authentic regional Tuscan cuisine. The staff have what is considered to be a typical New York sense of humor: a combination of cracking jokes and being a little bit insulting, which a lot of people find endearing. Fresco is also great, especially for pizza. They grill it so that the crust is crunchy on the bottom but chewy on the top, and they don't load it down with cheese. Castellano is really good, both for lunch and dinner. They have a terrific menu, but they always have a lot of specials. The headwaiter will come to your table and reel off this list of specials that you can't believe the guy's memorized. He waves his hands around and makes you almost see the food. That's kind of a music-business hangout. I'm always sure I'm going to run into somebody I know at Coco Pazzo: writers, musicians, artists, major movers and shakers. You're going to drop some change there. And Bice, which started in Milan, is an indoor/outdoor restaurant with a very international clientele. A waiter named Sal Sinzieri always takes care of me. He goes, 'Do you know what you want tonight? You want to have this. You know what's really fresh? You want that. Don't bother with this, try that.' "
     
Nightlife
"There are a lot of jazz clubs down in the Village, like the Village Vanguard. A friend of mine, Wolfgang, who used to be the bartender at the King Cole Bar at The St. Regis, just opened Fuel, a bar down in the Bowery, and the place is rockin'. You know, a lot of loud rock-and-roll, a lot of younger people, a lot of action."

SUNDAY

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