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Behind the scenes at Tavern on the Green

Published: December 14, 2007 8:54 AM
By Lauren Johnston and Linda Perney  amNY.com staff

At about 5 AM the trucks start rolling up. In the cool of a November morning, they negotiate their way around a massive tent that shields the famous entrance. Just a few days before, Tavern on the Green had hosted the biggest pasta party in the city -- 17,000 people, runners all, crowding the tent, spilling out onto the driveway, and lining up along Central Park West, loading up on carbs ion the...