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Article: Barkin's Bite.
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- March 1, 2001
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The unlikely wedding last year of actress Ellen Barkin and mogul Ronald Perelman set tongues wagging. But Barkin insists she's finally met her match.
Ask Ellen Barkin to lunch in Manhattan, and the fourth Mrs. Ronald Perelman does not reel off the predictable list of ladies-who-lunch salad spots. She doesn't even want to eat at Barneys, after which she could do a little afternoon Manolo cruise.
No, she keeps insisting she wants toga to someplace called the Viand.
"You don't know the Viand?" Her nasal New York rasp, which no amount of time in L.A. could temper, is incredulous over the phone. "It's that coffee shop on Madison Avenue," she says. ...