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Purple Yam by Thomas Rafael
January 17, 2010, 7:24.41 pm ET

When we arrived at Purple Yam we found a packed house with a crowd standing by the door waiting for tables. No, this wasn't a Saturday night in SoHo. It was Sunday and a pretty dreary one at that, in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn which made the crowd even more surprising. Or maybe not. more

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