It's 3 p.m. on Arthur Avenue in The Bronx, and Filomena Magavero settles in for a late lunch inside the venerable Mario's, a favorite Italian restaurant on this strip of Old World butcher shops, fish stores and bakeries. She sips a gin martini ("Is there any other kind?" Magavero gamely asks), and orders filet of flounder oreganata.

"Fish is my mainstay," says the diminutive and neatly coiffed Magavero, eyes sparkling. "Plus, I grew up eating legumes, and I still like my lentils and chickpeas." As for the martini? "I have one whenever I eat out — which is about five times per week — but I don't drink at home, because I never want to drink alone."

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