Wayne wrote:
> Margaret Suran > wrote in
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>> http://www.nydailynews.com/08-30-200...575p-194642c.h
>> tml

> I might enjoy this, but I could never think of it as Chicken Kiev.
> I still think the RTR made the best.
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My husband and I stopped going there, when three times in a row the
waiter or host tried to hand us a bill that was much higher than it
should have been. There was always a good excuse, for example "Oh,
sorry, this is for the table over there", or "Oh, sorry, the bottle of
wine isn't yours". Later on we found out that this was done
routinely, as few guests check teir bill!

Not liking white meat chicken, I never ate Chicken Kiev there. I
really wasn't all that fond of the food, but eating there was fun, as
there were always celebrities present, real or imagined ones. )

When the restaurant closed, my husband was already dead, but my friend
Marcel wanted to go in for one last time and we walked into the place
at lunch time on the day before the closing. Every table was booked
for the last two days, morning, noon and night, but Marcel looked so
sad, the hostess found a banquette for us (we believe it was the one
that was shown in the film "Tootsie") and we were able to drink a
toast to the demise of part of New York's past. I do not remember
what I ate, but I am nearly certain that Marcel ordered the Chicken
Kiev, his favorite Russian dish. We walked out RTR matches, napkins
and a menu, which we showed to friends who took everything, as they
were not able to get a reservation.

Another Russian Tea Room opened several years after that, but it had
terrible reviews and to the best of my recollection, it closed soon
after lasting about two years, in 2002 or 2003.

Wayne, it's nice to remember a place for some special dish, as you do.