Charlie Kaplan

"Great quality, fair prices. Hard to overrate!"

"Surf and turf is great"

"Scummy in a loveable way. Perhaps noted elsewhere: reserve the back table so you can take advantage of this bar's rather unique permissiveness about outside food brought in. It's part bar, part picnic"

"This place defines the neighborhood: old folks drinking coffee, little kids picking at pancakes, youth soccer teams enjoying the post-game, young couples shaking off the night before. Get a milkshake."

"Maybe the nicest service I've ever had? Everyone is so happy to be working here. Try the pappardelle."

"You're not going to do better than this. Stop looking. On a hot day the iced cafe con leche will have you hallucinating."