True story, slightly related to the diner and steam basting.
I was at Arturo's with a friend, and he wanted to see the pizza ovens. Which at Arturo's are generally fired up to like 900℉. So we'd finished dinner (delicious, by the way) and we walked into the back to the pizza ovens. Asking one of the pizzaiolos if we could have a look-see at the ovens, he first laughed, next asked me if I wanted to go in head first or feet first, and then told me to fuck off and go eat some steam basted eggs.
Arturo's.