A Proportional Response
Pixley picked the place; it's a little Italian restaurant one of her yuppie friends recommended. It's tiny and crowded and dimly lit, and it makes her look more intense than she probably is.
Casey wonders why the hell a yuppie friend would recommend a restaurant so close to the Bronx, and Pixley replies that it's always difficult to find inexpensive food that's really worth eating. Casey wants to say McDonald's, but decides against that.
He orders a steak and quietly tries to rid himself of thoughts about the restaurant he was going to take Dana to.
He's with Pixley now.