(Say Goodbye) Remembering Lou Reed, the vegan restaurant patron

Ten years ago I went to a Halloween party with the theme "rock stars" and I dressed up as Transformer era Lou Reed. A couple years later I encountered him a few times because he frequented Sacred Chow, where my college boyfriend was a cook, though mostly Lou's maid came on his behalf. When I was in grad school I worked at Candle 79, another vegan restaurant, where he was a regular. We all looked forward to him coming in, not because he was particularly friendly or effusive, but be...

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