Quentin Tarantino | Palms hotel | New York Bar | New York

Mustard only. Sometimes with relish. Back when I lived there, I used to get it with sauerkraut. I can't handle that now. Though I still think I can handle things, which is why I was drinking Patrón last night. I went to see Talk Radio on Broadway last night, which was so great, and it's set in the '80s, during the time when I lived there, so it brought on lots of nostalgia. I went out with the playwright, Eric Bogosian, and Liev Schreiber, who was so great in it - you know, I worked with him on CSI - and we were out late. Ugh. Why do I still think I'm 23?

How many shots of Patrón did you have?
Shots? I didn't have shots! No, no, I was drinking Patrón with soda and lime. I haven't had shots in I don't know how long. Well, no, wait, yes I do. It was with Quentin Tarantino and the Wu-Tang Clan.
No, you did not.
[Laughs] Quentin directed our Season Five finale, and he's friends with the RZA. After the shoot, we went to the Palms hotel and then on to this really swinging place. It was really special. But you don't want to hear about that; that's Las Vegas, not New York.

Honestly, I could hear about that all night. But we'll get back to the subject. What's your favorite New York bar?
Now that I'm a mother, I don't really go to bars. I like the Library, in the Regency Hotel. It's really cozy, with paneling and bookshelves. Feinstein's is the Regency's piano bar. They have a lot of really great people. Keely Smith - she's a jazz singer who was married to Louis Prima - is there quite often. Diahann Carroll, Betty Buckley, even Donny Osmond! And I like hotel bars; I always have. They make you feel like you're on a vacation, even if you're not. There's a mysterious feeling to hotel bars. I don't like a scene; I'm not into it. I just like a regular bar - something to eat. God knows you need something in your stomach.