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The Sardine Room

The romance of the bar

by Lee Lawrence

posted 2/7/2013

For romance, we choose the bar. Perched side-by-side, we can chat with our neighbors or bartenders, or turn toward each other in an intimate proximity that's hard to duplicate across a table. Too, sharing a meal--literally, trading bits off each other's plate--is easy when seated abreast. And if the menu includes a list of oysters--to us, the finest culinary

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