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Message: [QUOTE="Hans Sprungfeld, post: 4056819, member: 181"] Things change, and so, "the what actually happened" version: A dozen bagels Katz's and a good family brunch. Details withheld in deference to the thread's intended focus. Dinner at Sally's last night under the tent, after discussion of my guests' preferences on a number of factors, guided us to Wooster Street. They accepted my suggestion of 4 smalls: plain tomato sauce, white potato, Garden Special, and bacon w/mootz. All excellent, all loved, just enough leftover for them. My daughter was fully skeptical on the plain sauce pie, and it was her clear favorite. Sneaky disclosure: she's 'eating for two.' In my role as dad, I ordered the potato and Garden with their usual onions. Daughter was happy to eat whatever I picked off, and I was happy to have their residual flavor. With so many options (an interesting take on the old 'set & setting' trope), the pressure was on. A total winner. I'm back to cooking today - Jewish brisket and matzo ball soup. They liked their sandwiches I suggested from Pastrami Queen & brought back to Central Park on Saturday after they'd been to The Met Museum. They might combine Katz's and Russ & Daughters today. He's a Lawrence, KS guy, and she got her tastes from traveling east, often for holidays & celebratory meals, from my side of her ancestry. They search out the cuisine wherever they go - Miami, Indianapolis, and counting. [/QUOTE]