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When We Went to Old Restaurants in Large Groups

When We Went to Old Restaurants in Large Groups

Remembering the Brief, But Glorious Run of the New York Landmark Appreciation Society.

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Dec 20, 2022
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Donovan’s Pub in Woodside, Queens, the site of an early NYLAS dinner.

It all started in early 2012 when I heard Bill’s Gay 90s was going to close for good. 

I was still running a blog then called Lost City. The site was aptly named. I spent most of my posts charting the death or imminent deaths of landmark city restaurants, bars, shops and other institut…

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