Thanks Charlie - you're an angel!

(((HUG)))

I used to love that place. I worked down the block in what was then
Burlington House, and for something like $6.99 you'd get your choice of
soup (I always got the French onion, until I discovered the creme
andalouse), a basket of hot, crusty French bread, choice of dessert
(invariably the cheesecake for me), a small salad, and a glass of wine,
or coffee or tea.

About six years ago I found myself in NYC again, and of course had to go
to my favorite restaurant. The price had gone up to $15.99, the soup
was good but lukewarm, the bread stale, and the dessert had shrunk.

Hopefully, thanks to you, I'll be able to reproduce the heavenly
concoction I remember so well!