Note on Food

Note on Food

A anecdote concerning Rosebud on Rush.

This note from LeRoy Neiman provides an anecdote concerning the artist's visit to Rosebud on Rush later in life, a restaurant located a few blocks away from Neiman’s former residence on Chicago Avenue, in Chicago. In the story, Neiman is accosted at the restaurant by a Chicagoan who recognizes him from television, but is not wholly convinced by the resemblance.

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New York (N.Y.) New York

Chicago restaurant?
shark appearing
young guy
stops me and
says "aren't you the artist L.N.
I am. My answer
you look like L.N. How do
you know you are?
New "I used to live here
I know that but how do I know
you're (really) L.N.?" I'm
ready to move on
as he retorts //

Do you have any identification?
As I move
away I hear
him say
I guess maybe
you are - you
sure look like
L.N.
Then nice meeting you
he calls.
Rose Bud (Rush) on
at
Superior ST
a block and half
from where I
lived and worked
in my studio
on Chicago Ave.
off Rush.

Pen on paper.