Mayrose

Stopped by Mayrose for dinner tonight. It’s a no frills place, with black and white hexagon tile floors and cathedral-high ceilings. Tons of choices of “comfortable food,” as the menu calls it; it used to be called “diner food.” But whatever. I got the mac-and-cheese and it arrived sizzling in an oblong ceramic dish resting ceremoniously atop a doily on a plate. Very satisfying.

The soundtrack echoes through the space created by those high ceilings, a K-Tel hits compilation of ’50s and ’60s pop: “Rock Around the Clock” by Bill Haley & His Comets, “Runaway” by Del Shannon, “Why Do Fools Fall in Love” by Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers, “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” by the Platters, “Barbara Ann” by the Beach Boys, and so on.

Mayrose

• 920 Broadway (at East 21st Street)
• (212) 533-3663
• Meal 4 of 52: mac and cheese ($9.95) and a bottle of Brooklyn Lager ($5))