Title: Lunch at the Gotham Cafe
Description: Steve Davis is suffering through intense withdrawal--from both nicotine and his wife. His desperation for a cigarette and for his ex are almost too much to bear, but that's nothing compared to the horrors that await him at a trendy Manhattan restaurant. 
([source][1])


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Also contained in:

 - [Dark Love](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14916874W/Dark_Love)
 - [Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales][2]
 - [The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror - Ninth Annual Collection](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL17745046W)

  [1]: https://stephenking.com/library/short_story/lunch_at_the_gotham_cafe.html
  [2]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL81584W/Everything's_Eventual
Subjects: horror, depression, nicotine, chef's knives, frying pans
Places: Manhattan, Gotham Cafe, New York
People: Steve Davis, Diane, William Humboldt, Guy