“Imitation of Life” with Sandra Dee and Lana Turner is one of my all-time tearjerkers, even more so than “An Affair to Remember,” whose theme song starts my waterworks. That’s the 1959 remake of the Claudette Colbert one, screened at The Morgan Library, whose personal librarian, their first Director, Belle da Costa Greene, also passed.

Before the showing, we stopped in the glass-enclosed casual cafe for a bite. We shared a bottle ($60) of Whispering Angel Rosé, Provence, France, to enjoy with our two shared entrees.

The Everything-Spiced Crab Cobb ($34) layers Maryland crab, tomato, Maytag Blue cheese, avocado and egg in a round. We requested the bacon on the side. We also had a warm and hearty millet and red rice fry ($24) with peas, corn, shiitake mushrooms, bok choy and scallions topped with a fried egg.  Both are worth sampling.

I highly recommend the cafe and the Belle da Costa Greene exhibit.

 

The Morgan Library Café
Murray Hill
225 Madison Ave
New York, NY 10016
themorgan.org
212-683-2130