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“T-Bar Steak and Lounge”

Occasion:	Cuisine:	Area:	Cost:	Rating:
Night Out	New American	Upper East Side	Moderate	Great

bi that gives your mouth an unexpected hot flash. Loved that.

As we worked our way through the appetizers, Shameless posed a question to the table he’d been pondering. What would your last meal be? I offered a home-cooked meal from my Bibi (my Persian grandmother) shared with my friends and family. Steven said a bowl of strawberry ice cream. “I didn’t even know you liked strawberry ice cream,” I said. “Well, I do love ice cream,” he replied, going on to explain that if he were going to be executed at least he’d want to smell sweet if he happened to (excuse me) fart during his execution. (I wasn’t aware we were being executed, I just thought we’d sort of eat and then peacefully move on to the next world with a full happy belly.)

Glen was torn between steamers and a lobster roll or a bacon cheeseburger and black and white shake, but Mr. Cutlets offered his last meal without hesitation. “The last meal needs to be from your childhood, it has to close the circle of life,” he said, leaning forward and resting his elbows on the table, then pushing his black-framed glasses on top of his head, like they were sunglasses.

“I was born in Miami,” he started, rubbing his palms against his face with exaggerated drama.

“But we moved away.” Heavy sigh. Pause. “Every year we’d go back and visit and we’d go to a restaurant called Lyla’s.”

And then a smile emerged.

“They had the best French fries I’ve ever had. I’ve gone back every year of my life and last year the restaurant was closed. So my last meal would be fries at Lyla’s.” He grew quiet. I think I saw a tear in his eye. People, we must find those fries for Culets! Can anyone help?

Shameless was also quite definite in his answer, though perhaps not as emotional. Being from New Orleans, his last meal would be a platter of oysters and crawfish washed down with Dixie beer. Then it was Craig’s turn. His answer was not what I expected (which would be The Asher Special, a breakfast dish from his childhood). Rather it was, an elephant. “An elephant?” Steven asked. “Yeah, an elephant,” he said. I looked at him and wondered who I’d been dating all these months. “An elephant?” I echoed. “Yeah, an elephant. It would take a really long time to eat so it wo ... [more, click below]

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Posted: October 29, 2007

Other restaurants in Upper East Side :
+ Sfoglia   + Zoe Townhouse   + Accademia di Vino   + T-Bar Steak and Lounge   + Parlor Steakhouse   + Le Caprice   

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