tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284586912458290392.post3055103892243570843..comments2023-10-28T07:05:09.420-07:00Comments on Infinite Fress: Benny'sStevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02295990574792149703noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284586912458290392.post-1715329810242919372012-11-20T10:26:03.960-08:002012-11-20T10:26:03.960-08:00I hope Benny is ok. Does anyone know what happene...I hope Benny is ok. Does anyone know what happened to him? Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02295990574792149703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284586912458290392.post-15946180453440193782012-11-20T10:16:20.105-08:002012-11-20T10:16:20.105-08:00Wow. Thank you for this write up. I tended bar a...Wow. Thank you for this write up. I tended bar at Cafe Riche as well. Benny's friendship was genuine and I hold the memory of closing shop at the end of the night and sitting with him out front in the wee hours of the morning with a bottle of red wine to watch the street drain off the riffraff, cabs and fanatics and the Jamaican steel drum player's lonely tune from some far off Island keeping us company. I remember the dinners too and the crazy way he kept receipts... All and all... it was a great and crazy place in the Universe where everything seemed to make sense at that time. Thanks Benny! <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284586912458290392.post-89575993094966624072012-10-19T07:28:05.648-07:002012-10-19T07:28:05.648-07:00I had a Cafe Riche experience in 1986. My band dra...I had a Cafe Riche experience in 1986. My band drank there one night and Benny and some other guy that seemed to be a partner/owner found out we were musicians, brought out an acoustic guitar and the fun began. They closed the bar and we drank heavily and for free into the wee hours singing songs about evil Reagan etc. He invited us back, we brought our girls and ate a huge feast in the back room, treated us like royalty and I don't think he even charged us. A few weeks later I was back at the bar with some bandmates, pretty loaded and laid my head down on the bar. Benny kicked me out angrily and told me not to come back.Mark Shadowshttp://www.markshadows.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284586912458290392.post-79575389200515837032012-01-14T19:23:06.193-08:002012-01-14T19:23:06.193-08:00Pamit -
I showed up late in '96, and Tom the ...Pamit -<br /><br />I showed up late in '96, and Tom the Degenerate barkeep was long gone by then. I do regret this. Half the time, my crew and I would end up tending bar, especially when Benny went off the deep end.<br /><br />Best,<br />SteveStevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02295990574792149703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284586912458290392.post-91351630718702434402012-01-14T18:41:58.008-08:002012-01-14T18:41:58.008-08:00Reading a New Yorker article lasta night on the Ar...Reading a New Yorker article lasta night on the Arab spring, I saw a mention to the namesake of Cafe Riche (a pub/salon in Prague). Put me in mind of my 40th birthday bash at Cafe Riche, held with a dozen friends. My first pate, I do believe...ruined a white suit with spatters of duck gravy, but oh my god a fabulous time. 1995. Ah, Bene and my misspent youth. What happened to Tom the degenerate barkeep?pamithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00605982455002622554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284586912458290392.post-36886609119853696502012-01-14T18:41:32.751-08:002012-01-14T18:41:32.751-08:00Reading a New Yorker article lasta night on the Ar...Reading a New Yorker article lasta night on the Arab spring, I saw a mention to the namesake of Cafe Riche (a pub/salon in Prague). Put me in mind of my 40th birthday bash at Cafe Riche, held with a dozen friends. My first pate, I do believe...ruined a white suit with spatters of duck gravy, but oh my god a fabulous time. 1995. Ah, Bene and my misspent youth. What happened to Tom the degenerate barkeep?pamithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00605982455002622554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284586912458290392.post-27020332688279748222011-09-17T23:43:29.790-07:002011-09-17T23:43:29.790-07:00God I loved that place. Sublime vortex in dc, with...God I loved that place. Sublime vortex in dc, with dusty books on the floor. And a meal I can still remember @15 years later.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284586912458290392.post-30447426380921022492007-06-11T09:38:00.000-07:002007-06-11T09:38:00.000-07:00so...i'm an idiot...that would be stuartcate@yahoo...so...i'm an idiot...that would be stuartcate@yahoo.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284586912458290392.post-61363414762569688082007-06-11T01:55:00.000-07:002007-06-11T01:55:00.000-07:00so...this is a long shot, but... aside from hangin...so...this is a long shot, but... aside from hanging at couscous to go-go, would you be the steve from new york that hung with carlos at one step?...apologies for the post...had no email...catestuart@yahoo.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284586912458290392.post-80040347078770702252007-01-31T20:16:00.001-08:002007-01-31T20:16:00.001-08:00i love your blog and so do all my friends!i love your blog and so do all my friends!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284586912458290392.post-33064035708787428792007-01-31T20:16:00.000-08:002007-01-31T20:16:00.000-08:00i love your blog and so do all my friends!i love your blog and so do all my friends!geri hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10457447047664627977noreply@blogger.com