As part of our year end wrap, we're going to be re-running some of our favorite posts from the past year. And now, one of our favorite posts of all time, On Seating and Closer Tables.
Table number #69 at Alto; Set by request, mostly, or on a particularly busy night.
The taxonomy of New York restaurant table types has four categories.
First, there are the Sucker Tables. These are generally located closer to the door and/or host stand than the laws of physics would seem to dictate possible. Or they defy the time/space continuum in another way, such as that they're set for four at one time when no more than two could possibly eat comfortably. When presented with a such a table, one either politely asks for the next available table or leaves.
