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“Christos Steakhouse”

Occasion:	Cuisine:	Area:	Cost:	Rating:
Night Out	Greek	Queens	Moderate	Good

The last time I had dinner in Astoria was about six years ago. (I know—inexcusable.) I was dating a guy who is second generation Egyptian. We had been talking about visiting Little Egypt on Steinway Street for ages. So one year, on his birthday, we went to Mombar (25-22 Steinway Street), an authentic Egyptian place we had heard wonderful things about. We had a great night—we loved chef-owner Moustafa El Sayed, we loved the place, the homestyle food, and at the time, we really loved eachother.
Now the former love of my life is the love of someone else’s life. I found out last month. I was at the opening of Dani restaurant, and I ran into a tactless friend of his, who basically came up to me at this party and said, “So are you married?” I don’t recall if there was even a polite greeting or salutation. It was just, “So, are you married?” I was not sure what he was getting at, but I replied, “No,” and sort of laughed and tried to walk away. He didn’t let me. He kept going, chasing me with his words: “Well you know (insert name of the former love of my life) got married.” I felt like someone had simultaneously kicked me in the soft part of my gut and thrown a bucket of cold water over my head. I shivered. “No, I didn’t know that,” I said, and again I tried to extricate myself, but he was relentless. “Yeah, he got married. I was at the wedding. I did the flowers.” (This friend is a florist.) At this point I told him how great it was to catch up, and quickly turned around and walked straight to the bar, afraid he was going to whip out wedding photos of the happy couple in the next breath.

There were tears in my eyes, and I really just wanted to disappear. Having an emotional breakdown at a restaurant opening was not on my list of things to do for the week. As I stood there, gulping down a glass of red, trying to make the tears go away, a guy I knew came over to the bar to say Hello. I guess the tears were still there. He put his arm around me. “Come on, is the food really that bad?” (For the record, the food was great.) He gave my shoulder a squeeze. I started to breath again. We both laughed. In a few moments, I felt better, but still made a break for a nearby bar with some friends shortly thereafter.

I am very happy for the former love of my life. (Truly, I am. I am not just saying this to sound well adj ... [more, click below]

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Posted: February 27, 2006

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