Now customers at Carve can carry their food to the open door a few steps down the block, climb the stairs or wait for the elevator to the fourth floor, and spread their lunches, snacks or pretheater suppers out while contemplating the skyscrapers of the West Side.
In the 13th century, English bishop Robert Grosseteste advised the Countess of Lincoln: "forbid dinners and suppers out of hall, in secret and in private rooms, for from this arises waste and no honour to the lord and lady".
The peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwiches we had packed for supper tumbled out of their containers.
I remember going to a state fair and seeing the Last Supper made out of butter, though that was in Iowa.
He made fruit and oatmeal breakfasts and stews for supper, figuring out how to mess with the settings and stage the ingredients so that everything didn't turn to mush.
"We got the loot!" A week later, he was at Starry Kitchen, a lunch counter downtown owned by Nguyen and Thi Tran, who until recently ran it as an underground supper club out of their apartment.
He started his career as a professional chef around the age of twelve, running a supper club out of a kitchen that his parents installed in his bedroom at their Los Angeles home.
They simply live with the dolls: have tea, eat supper, hang out.
I was so touched that LaTonia shared our hopeful efforts, which reminded me that Dr. King's dream can be embodied in our small steps: Invite people from diverse backgrounds to share a meal for 'Sunday Supper,' reach out to an old friend you used to study with, and pause to be of service, near or far.
Mr. Byrd of Super Suppers pointed out that his meals were healthier than most takeout fare and cheaper than those in casual restaurants.
