A Tall Tale from a Rudy's Regular

ShutterstockOlegCassini2001There’s a ton of local color in New York Times metro reporter Annie Correal’s feature piece “In New York City, Sunday Night Is for Regulars.” Correal roamed the city for a month on weekends, late, so as to chronicle the way residents reclaim their neighborhood bars and restaurants after the Friday-Saturday crush of outer-borough invaders.

When Correal visited Rudy’s Bar & Grill in Hell’s Kitchen, she met Frankie, a toupee-wearing regular who pulled out from his pocket a photo of famed fashion designer Oleg Cassini and claimed to be the man’s son.

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