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Restaurants Are Home to Our Best Memories

John Donohue draws the spots where we've broken bread with family and friends

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Laine Doss
Dec 14, 2022
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Drawing of McSorley’s Ale House Courtesy of John Donohue

Dining out is so much more than the act of going somewhere for a meal.

Restaurants are the homes of memories — the place where we celebrate and laugh with friends. Restaurants are the scenes of first dates — where we begin love affairs that could change the course of our lives. We get engaged over …

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