“Erik Piepenburg tears up talking about his debut book, Dining Out: First Dates, Defiant Nights, and Last Call Disco Fries at America’s Gay Restaurants. Wearing a sharp slate sweater, the fit 50-something-year-old New York Times contributor with neat graying hair nibbles on a pastry and sips a latte at Duck-Rabbit Coffee in Ohio City. It’s his annual trip home to attend the Cleveland International Film Festival and to visit his mom.
What is a gay restaurant? Is this coffee shop one? No. At least not right now. But maybe sometimes. Or some day…”
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