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Smith , alas , was implausibly underbred to the waiter .

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This was in an extract from his young memoir , i repent almost everything — publishedinnew york magazine — mcnally claim that an “ improbably underbred ” patti smith would “ minimize stave ” and once convey a waitress to binge at one fifth in greenwich village “ because she blank out to put lettuce on the board .

” McNally , was worldwide director One Fifth at the meter and snuff it on to spread out some of New York ’s most renowned eatery include SoHo ’s Balthazar , The Odeon in Tribeca and Pastis in the Meatpacking District .

He recall that Smith used to dine there with her ex-husband - beau Robert Mapplethorpe and artistry conservator Sam Wagstaff “ a few time a workweek .

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Smith , alas , was implausibly crude to the server .

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