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The wall

The room, the racks, the table

hung the way the room hangs things: close, crooked, and earned

The Tastings storefront under the Market Street garage
The door on E Market, sidewalk board out.
Bill Curtis presenting a bottle at a winemaker dinner
Bill, mid-story, at a wine dinner.
The cherub crest printed on the menu masthead
The mark on the carte: the cherub astride his cask.
The backfin crab cakes
The crab cakes the regulars mention first.
The retail floor, racks wall to wall
The retail floor. The wine list, technically.
Bill Curtis portrait in chef whites
The proprietor, in whites.
The specials blackboard, chalked edge to edge
The board, desserts and all. Regular or stinky cheese plate.
Lunch service among the wine racks under the Burgundy maps
Lunch among the racks, Burgundy maps behind.
The dining room mid-service with Burgundy maps on the wall
Mid-service, maps of Burgundy behind.
Duck confit as plated
Duck confit, no towers, no squiggles.
The sidewalk patio with green Tastings awnings
The patio under the tree.
Blueberry pie a la mode
Blueberry pie à la mode. People photograph it.
The dining room with the blackboard wall
The blackboard. Bring binoculars, says one review.
A flight lined up on a crate-lid table
A flight, left to right, in list order.
Napkin and fork on a Pauillac crate lid
This table poured in Pauillac first.
The retail floor in 2002, racks stacked to the ceiling
The shop floor, 2002. It looks the same today, which is the point.