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The Rest Is Silence

The Rest Is Silence

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Fredric Koeppel
Jan 04, 2007
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If music be the food of love, by all means, play on, but in restaurants, when food is paramount, silence is the best sound of all.

In other words, I hate music in restaurants.

This statement is inspired by a piece about music sound tracks in Manhattan restaurants in yesterday's New York Times written by Peter Meehan, who also writes the "$25 and Under" di…

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