Dan Barber likes something casual.

Dan Barber: I don’t. You know I’m usually like out with the New Yorkers sort of going to sit at the bar and just try something somewhere. But I . . . I tend not to eat big meals outside the restaurant unless I’m traveling. So you know often I’ll go and sit and the bar at Lupa. It’s Mario’s restaurant. But just to have a bowl of pasta is like. . . I think it’s one of the great pleasures of living in New York, yeah. So . . . And New York is nice ________. Recorded on: 2/11/08