Oh, Lord & Taylor. If I recall, it never had a food section unlike Macy’s in NYC. Macy’s used to have the most marvelous food hall. They went to war with Zabar’s on a regular basis in the 80s undercutting each other in price. In those times, we had Bloomingdales and B. Altmans. I used to stand on line at B. Altmans after a long day’s work to bring home my mother’s pies during Thanksgiving week and Christmas week. I also bought my mom langue du chat cookies at Bloomingdales, lol. Wonderful days, long gone. NYers, like Parisiens never baked because the bakeries were so splendid.
I think it really must be nice, when one can go to a dedicated butcher, baker, cheese store, etc., as in Paris. I’d be happy if I just had a real butcher nearby, instead of having to deal with only supermarket meat.
-JT