[Letter to the Editor] No Food in the Library; New York Times, 6/22/16

Mimi Sheraton, New York Times; [Letter to the Editor] No Food in the Library:

"To the Editor:

Re “After an 8-Year Wait, a New York Library Like No Other Opens” (news article, June 21):

As intriguing and promising as the changes to the 53rd Street Library are, allowing food at its “laptop bar” is a terrible mistake. It will become intrusively noisy, what with papers, foil and cans being opened.

It will create aromas offensive to many (unless raw onions, garlic, fermented foods and a host of other odoriferous treats are excluded), and it will lead to carelessly handled trash. Also, it will inspire too much commotion in a site meant for contemplation.

Plenty of places to eat in New York, far too few quiet oases for intellectual pursuits.

MIMI SHERATON

New York

The writer was a food and restaurant critic for The New York Times."