Reader Dan Kravetz sent in this correction to this item…
Thank you for sharing the article about the incident at Carmine's restaurant on September 16. However, it did not take place at the Times Square branch, but at another location, on Broadway at 91st Street.
The owners of Carmine's also own Virgil's Real Barbecue on 44th Street (across Times Square from Carmine's), which is my favorite dining spot in the theater district. If you haven't tried it, you should do so the next time you are in town.
Thanks. I have tried Virgil's and it was very good…but I think the last occasion I was there, it was before a show and though we were plenty early, so were a lot of folks ahead of us in line. There was no way we could get seated in the restaurant in time to be seated in the theatre when the curtain for our show went up. I'm not sure if that's a recommendation for the place or not.
I'm still thinking it'll be a long time before I travel anywhere…and a longer time before I travel anywhere by air. Masking up has brought with its other drawbacks, a certain amount of some minor mix of claustrophobia and agoraphobia that I'm sure I can overcome but maybe not right away. Also, it seems like everyone I know who flies anywhere comes back with a horror story of ghastly delays and/or flight attendants having to go mano a mano with militant anti-vaxxers/anti-maskers. Close to home, I shall stay for a while.