Upper East Side, Lexington Avenue between 71st and 70th Streets

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Having dawdled enough, I went back to Bella Blu, and found that, although they weren't as crowded as before, there still was no seating outside. Well, inside wasn't bad.





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Inside it looked kind of grottoesque, but anytime I can have a glass of wine at a table with a white table cloth and it's not even dinner; it's lunch, I can tolerate a little decorative excess. I had bread salad with tomatoes and cucumbers, very simple, very delicious. Berries for dessert. I'd go back.





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Here it is after I left. Any table you want.  My camera tells me it was 3:02. And since they serve lunch until 3:30, that allows plenty of time.




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