Looking back, the stories are also dotted with restaurants that have closed: Bird Dog, Ristorante Carpaccio, John Bentley’s – and now Chez TJ.
The fine-dining institution announced its closure Wednesday night in an Instagram post after more than four decades in business. Comments came in a flurry, with many from patrons asking if they could come in just one more time or saying they had one of their best meals ever there.
It reminded me of this feeling that’s been ever-present as I’ve gotten older: the uncomfortable truth that sometimes, we don’t know when we’re doing something for the last time…