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Tavern on the Green has been a giant tourist trap for years, of course. But perhaps it's no wonder the city decided to hand over the lease to a new operator recently. Service had really gone downhill lately. Per Mimi Sheraton, the Times' former restaurant critic: "They had some idiots working for them... like one waiter who, as he cleared the plates, would eat from them." [NYT]