Its Victorian grandeur is crumbling, the marble counters cracked and stained, the flow of fresh produce clogged by dusty bric-a-brac, like effluent silting up a river.
Wash hands, clean counters, crack a window, consider a surgical mask.
Neither, among the pink-and-gray Formica counters, the cracked leatherette bar stools, the booths anchored at one end by napkin holders, sugar packettes, ketchup and Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper shakers (which are greasy) and half-empty cream pitchers, do you find ambience.
These days, Robert telecommutes to various network security or counter-cracking gigs around the world from his home office in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, where he resides with his wife, numerous cats, a Tennessee walking horse, and a yard full of trees and Detroit iron.
Inside, counter displays have been cracked open as if they were struck with an axe or crowbar, and someone reached through the shards and retrieved scores of watches.
A cracking counter attack and Liverpool double their lead.
"I'm anticipating getting down with my scanner and crack counter and establishing some timelines".
A cracking counter attack ends with Connor Jennings whipping in an inviting cross from the right, Mark Carrington ghosts in unmarked and his thumping header is too hot for Jack Butland to hold on to.
Don't place them on a cold kitchen counter, which could crack the glass.
Take an egg and firmly tap each end on a hard surface, such as a counter top, to crack the shell.
