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“Thor”

Occasion:	Cuisine:	Area:	Cost:	Rating:
Night Out	New American	Lower East Side	Moderate	Good

This week has been a tough one for me. To make a long story short, there were a few bumps in the road with my chef and we had a hard week. This falling in love stuff is hard. Maybe it’s supposed to be easy and all butterflies and long walks and deep meaningful kisses and all that, but in the cold light of day we are all people who carry around certain amounts of baggage. I’ve got mine, believe me. I had a relationship with someone I thought was THE ONE and he broke me. Not in pieces as much as he just broke me—my soul, my faith, and my heart. But the thing is, no matter how much we have hurt in the past, we still go back for more, either because we are just plain stupid or because there is really something to this love thing that is worth getting your guts ripped out for. We all want to find a partner, a person to snuggle into, some combination of friend and lover to share life with. But the road to getting there can be hard, like it was last week. I’ll spare you the details, but we just went through a little rough patch.

To try and make it through, one night, I met a girlfriend for a drink at Pegu Club—the gorgeous cocktail den from Audrey Saunders. Jim Meehan, one of the best bartenders going, made me a Punt e Mas Fizz (a simply perfect cocktail) and I took one sip and starting bawling at the bar. My friend Colu tried to distract me, and it worked for a while. We had a few snacks—some Smoked Trout Deviled Eggs and Coconut Shrimp (the food is not the reason to go here, but they make a nice effort)—but once the second drink was poured (a Pisco Sour and a house cocktail called the Tantris), I was a puddle of tears. I had to get out of there. I ran down, hailed a cab and barely choked out my address.

But by Thursday night, when I had plans to meet Julie and Kathy at Thor, things were much better. The chef and I had a good long talk and our baggage was taken out of its overhead compartments, looked at, addressed, and lovingly restowed. Fears were confronted. Love was dolled out. Perhaps our baggage will stay up there, neatly for years to come, or maybe it will move around a bit during this flight called life. But I feel like we can make sure it is not going to smack us down and hit us hard when we open it up again.

I was relieved to feel better for dinner with Kathy and Julie. I didn’t want to be a blubbering mess again. One breakdown a week was enough for me. And I was looking forwa ... [more, click below]

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Posted: September 25, 2005

Other restaurants in Lower East Side :
+ Mojo   + WD-50   + Schiller's Liquor Bar   + Azul Bistro   + Barrio Chino   + 71 Clinton Fresh Food-- Closed   + Little Giant   + Kuma Inn   + Falai   + The Stanton Social   + The Tides   + Thor   + The Orchard   + El Bocadito-- CLOSED   + Bondi Road   + Rayuela   + Suba   + Bun (boone)   + Sorella   + The Fat Hippo   + Pulino's   

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