Restauranteurs in Manhattan are improving their decor down to the smallest flourish — pretty spoons, lovely candles, precious sconces. And NYC restaurant patrons are walking away with all this swanky schwag.
Some simply can't resist the allure of a great-looking object. One diner at Town, a 50-year-old man who calls himself an obsessive collector, entered the men's room and was struck by the display of plastic Statue of Liberty replicas arranged grid-like on the wall. "I thought it was incredible, innovative, really cool," he said. And as his eyes scanned the wall, he noticed five had been removed. He wiggled one of the statues. It popped off — and went right into his pocket.
After 200 statues were taken, the restaurant sealed them all behind plexiglass.
(Thanks, Stefan!)
