America, All Dolled Up

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It’s safe to say that a man like Donald Trump can readily get a table at just about any top restaurant in New York City — no matter how popular the place or how short the notice.

That’s why we’d love to see him try to book a table at American Girl Café. This theme restaurant, just down from his office on Fifth Avenue, is situated within the American Girl Place, a store dedicated to what has been the hottest Christmas toy for years among, well, American girls. Not that a macho casino entrepreneur and real estate tycoon like Mr. Trump would be caught dead in such a cutesy venue. But we’d venture to guess that if he did want a table, his enormous clout would not be able to get him past the long lines of girls and their ambitious mothers jostling to get into the café morning, noon, and night.

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