“Gossip” and the city

Butai

Spotted: Chuck swilling whiskey solo at the front bar of modest Japanese restaurant Butai, when a beleaguered Blair sits down next to him, waving a white flag and looking for consolation. too bad she's about to be as grilled and skewered (like many small plates found on the menu), as Chuck deadpans “You held a certain fascination when you were beautiful, delicate and untouched, but now you’re like one of the Arabians my father used to own: rode hard and put away wet.” Oh snap.

Blair leaves wordlessly, though she probably could’ve used a carafe of the restaurant’s outstanding ginger-cucumber sangria after that one.

Butai
115 E. 18th St. between Park Ave. S. and Irving Pl.
212-387-8885