New York’s Per Se needs noise like a hole in the head

Thomas Keller’s Per Se is arguably New York’s best restaurant, booked weeks no months in advance.  Per Se has NO MUSIC.  Customers pay a ginormous amount to eat. A heartening example of how a restaurant can survive no prosper mightily without MUSIC.
“If I had to complain about anything it would be that it’s a bit too quiet. ” writes a blogger on Trip Advisor “The addition of some music would help fill the space. So, while this is a wonderful place for a romantic dinner, if you’re at all awkward with your dinner mate and need noise or activity to fill the space between you, I’d recommend going elsewhere.”
I’m sure Per Se won’t miss you.
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About Gina Mallet

Gina Mallet is the author of Last Chance to Eat, The Fate of Taste in a Fast Food World, which won the 2005 James Beard Award for writing on food, an account of the lost world of eating. She is a former theatre critic, and now the restaurant critic for the National Post of Canada.
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