‘Bromakase’ Is the New Steakhouse

SUSHI BAR: This is the one place men will sit down and eat alone. Don’t ask for a table. Sidle up to the bar, make friends with the sushi chef, and just see who plops down on the stool next to you.

For some reason, he said, butchers and women often have this affinity, a closeness that goes beyond the simple transaction of buying and selling meat. Who knows why? It might be the sight of all that flesh, the pinkness of it, the slap it makes on the block, the promise of a choice cut. Whatever the reason, it is not unusual for a certain intimacy