And that can make a diner feel pretty exuberant, too.
Lilting Moroccan music loops through the speakers, a belly dancer undulates between tables on weekends, and there is enough decorative tile to make a diner dizzy — but the authentic welcome and delicious, fragrant food bear a distinctly personal stamp.
If you like to plan ahead, make a dinner booking at Bells Diner (the restaurant is the size of a postage stamp) and so is the menu.
They were flummoxed by a wine list that made a Greek diner menu look slim.
"Is pâté really that hard to make?" a skeptical diner asked recently, but the restaurant's diligence is repaid with a firm, rich head cheese, a boudin blanc (a sausage of pork and cream) that breaks apart in your mouth with feathery delicacy, and a torte of sweetbreads, foie gras, and morels sealed in pastry crust.
Make a surprise diner or lunch just the two of you Remember to keep to your promise.
Appropriately situated on Forest Avenue in Glen Cove, the newcomer makes a statement even before diners enter.
Pizza Roma, 259 Bleecker Street (Cornelia Street), in the Village, celebrates Rome's birthday with free prosecco for every diner who makes a lunch or dinner reservation for Saturday.
Every so often, he steals a glance at the diners, and makes a small adjustment on his iPhone, turning up the volume on the music to make people lean in if they seem hesitant to talk, and turning it down once the social mood has been established.
New Jersey's political culture has its quirks -- big decisions are as likely to be made in a diner as they are in the State House.
