Requesting a menu to take out, we were handed a card and told to consult the Web site, where dishes are listed without prices.
On a recent Sunday wedding that inhabited the entire 150-seat space of Lafayette, the couple "requested a locavore menu, and chose local Catskill Mountain trout," Mr. Carmellini said.
One of the places, Kabab Mahaleh, features a menu in Farsi (customers who need to see English have to request a special menu or trust their instincts) and offers a choice of beef or chicken kebab, grilled steak or chicken on skewers.
RECOMMENDED DISHES An eight-course kaiseki meal changes nightly and is determined by the chef, though you can call ahead to request a vegetarian menu.
So, rather than requesting a full menu of foot worshipping – and knowing that her discomfort is partly related to her notion of hygiene – perhaps you might initiate love-making in a bath, shower, swimming pool or the sea.
Saying it is accommodating customers "who have requested a heartier sandwich," Starbucks' summer menu includes a BBQ Beef Brisket on Sourdough, a meaty sandwich with a fast-casual pedigree.
For a stronger kick, request an off-menu Tequila Torchlight — essentially, spiked Tabasco.
And yet, despite this enforced chumminess, our request for a menu to take home was summarily refused.
You can request a reservation and review current menus online at www.ciachef.edu, or call (845 471-6608 Mondays through Fridays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Menus and wine lists are updated daily.
Before I can even ask the reservation name, this gentleman has already requested the menu, demanded both main and desert as well as a Bombay and tonic, oh, and for the air-conditioning to be turned on and the music to be lowered please.
