Opera Man
I sat for nearly an hour listening to him serenade his date. My chair was touching his table in a closely packed, dimly-lit restaurant too small for its guests. At first I thought it might be part of the nightly entertainment.
Now, everyone remembers him from the movie, Goodfellas. But his real name was Paul Sorvino. Later, on the sidewalk that night — outside Sparks Steakhouse near 3rd Ave and 46th — we talked about the irony of the events that happened there in 1985.