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  • Thirty-four seats

    Thirty-four seats

    The room holds thirty-four people and there is no version of it that holds forty. We have measured. Four of the tables clear seventy…

  • The terrace comes in

    The terrace comes in

    Twelve chairs go out under the awning at the beginning of May and come in again in the middle of October, and for those…

  • Opening hours are a promise

    Opening hours are a promise

    A door that is shut when the page says open costs more goodwill than an hour of trading is worth, so the hours on…

  • What the tape is for

    What the tape is for

    There is a roll of paper tape by the till, a pencil, and a stack of yellow slips cut from the end of a…