Our Little Italy has a Bucca De Beppo and an Olive Garden!

I fondly recall my most recent visit to bustling Manhattan town, in which I visited an upscale restaurant called “Bubba Gump’s Shrimp Company” in the city’s so-called Creole district.

As anyone who’s spent time there knows, New Yorkers can be as provincial as anyone, and the New York Times reflects this not infrequently, particularly in the Styles section. (Cf. also “yoga studios, artisanal cocktails, and women with visible tattoos, whose worldwide availability was limited to Brooklyn until six months ago, have now made it all the way to Westchester County!“)