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    Cyril

    This is Cyril. He runs a local bar and restaurant near Montauk. In the middle of a legal battle between the town government and Cyril’s landowners, he was told his liquor license was going to be taken away (it eventually was postponed). I had the pleasure of finding him and taking his photograph. I had never met the famous Cyril before. His restaurant is somewhat legend among people who frequent Montauk every summer. Everyone wants a BBC (Bailey’s Banana Colada) and a picture with Cyril. And no wonder. When I came upon this specimen, he was sitting in the back of his restaurant at a table covered in papers and books.…