Some of Reno's other targets include overweight policemen, $2,800 designer dogs, the Canal Bar, Details magazine and New York politicians.

Service at Canal Bar is barely a notch above that of the diner that preceded it, without the badinage.

Canal Bar is a high-energy place with high ambitions.

There are two pubs in the village, McIntyre's and the Canal Bar.

NEARLY every night there are celebrities at the tables near the front of Canal Bar.

For more than a year Canal Bar has been one of the most popular restaurants in Manhattan.

"He has a great deal of personal charisma," said Mary Boone, an art dealer who uses Canal Bar for parties.

The new chef is Matthew Tivy, most recently of Canal Bar, which has closed.

Habituees of Canal Bar will recognize the delightful individual apple tart with cinnamon ice cream.

Instead he ignites the bill with matches from Canal Bar and relights the half-smoked cigar clenched between his straight white teeth - probably caps, the jerk.