There are a million good ideas out there, but this isn't one of them. Yes, I know, picky, picky, picky. The setting, the most attractive aspect of World's Fare, is the soaring basement under City Grocery, in the Front Street side of the old Goldsmith's building.
Narrow banners hanging from the ceiling and bright primary colors lend a festive air.
At each one, when you have made a selection, the clerk runs your card through a machine that records your purchase. At the meal's conclusion, the cashier uses the card to determine your bill. I took three colleagues, champion eaters all, to World's Fare so we could taste, as it were, around the world. Let's take it cuisine by cuisine. From the American bar, we chose baked chicken in a cream sauce, new potatoes, green beans, barbecue kielbasa and baked beans.