Article: 'COMFORT FOOD' OBSESSION LEADS TO PEAN-NUTTY RESTAURANT

PHOTO Peanut Butter and Co.'s owner Lee Zalben samples his wares at his New York restaurant. Zalben wants to remind eaters of happier times, which he does through decor and menu. (ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO)

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Taking the old school lunch standard to culinary heights, Lee Zalben is confident his restaurant's peanut butter obsession has enough adult appeal to fly.

Kids aren't the only ones who love the sticky stuff, but most people, young and old, are used to smearing it on bread, baking it into cookies or even spooning it straight from the jar - at home.

But peanut butter in a restaurant? Ordered off a menu and served by a ...

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