HG has always enjoyed Greek food. In younger days, financially challenged HG often ate at Poseidon Restaurant on 8th Avenue in Manhattan. Usual meal was avgolemono soup with rice, spinach pie and retsina wine. Total cost (with tip): $1.50 (this was in the late 40’s and early 50’s). Restaurant is long closed but the long running Greek bakery, Poseidon, still flourishes on Ninth Avenue. HG was a frequent customer for baklava when living on the Upper West Side and Montclair, N.J. In later years there was a good Greek eatery on the street next to the Midtown Bus Terminal. HG ate there often in the 1960’s when commuting to a summer home in New Paltz, N.Y. Once, Mel Brooks and pals sat down at an adjacent table while HG was enjoying Moussaka. It was the 60’s and HG had very long hair. Brooks decided that HG was Boris Thomashefsky, a star of the Yiddish theater. HG acknowledged he was the son of the actor and was continuing the theatrical tradition. Hilarious Yiddish conversation with Brooks. (Ah, if only HG had a recording).
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