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always crowded Sant Ambroeus. Very Italianate, from the
stand-up, shoulder-to-shoulder coffee bar, to the more
sustaining restaurant fare of meats, pastas and pesce del
giorno, SA is wired for get-me-to-the-Met lunches.
More subdued, the charming Bel Ami Cafe just off
Madison at 68th street, is on its own decidedly-relaxed
time clock. It's just a few baristas and seven tables, yet
the coffees and patisserie are just enough to fortify any
afternoon's art crawl.
Those aesthetic—and intellectual—pleasures resume
at Kenneth Rendell's historical letters and documents
gallery next door to the fabled Carlyle Hotel. He's one
La Maison du Chocolat
