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Like the old LPs that inspired its name, Vynl seems to be endlessly spinning. This Asian-flavored bistro is also a pop-music shrine, with black banquettes, psychedelic mosaic tabletops, a ceramic Elvis bust and menus glued to album covers. The food, fortunately, is right on key. If you want to Thai one on, choose between the well-proportioned chicken satay and the sirloin (or vegetable-and-basil) stir-fry. And if alternative dishes like the wasabi-rubbed rare tuna wrap don't hook you, try old-school selections like Grandpa’s Traditional Meatloaf or a side of creamy, flat "smashed" potatoes with the skins mixed in. Breakfast rocks the best, perhaps, because it's the most progressive meal, from the watercress-and-scallion Vynl scramble to brioche French toast worth warbling about. Milk shakes and watermelon lemonades provide a neat complete to this edible nostalgia trip. — Leonard Jacobs

Grandpa's Traditional Meatloaf, $12.95; smoked salmon wrap, $10.95; watermelon lemonade, $3