JDawgBBall9 Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 From ChicagoFoodies.com Saw this somewhere else and figured the discussion would be good here. Focuses solely on experience and not the actual food itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcandohio Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 From ChicagoFoodies.com Saw this somewhere else and figured the discussion would be good here. Focuses solely on experience and not the actual food itself. The chair comment made me laugh. I am really short and so many chairs and barstools are just horrendous. If I have to worry that planning my mount/dismount from a barstool might cause the thing to tip over (and therefore requires a spotter), I am not coming back. In general, it seems that places who have the least "creative" seating often have the most comfortable seating. Nothing wrong with a "captain's chair" barstool, or a plain, lightly padded banquet chair. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScotteeM Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 This is great! I would add: Try eating with that lovely, trendy flatware before setting your tables with it. Twice recently I've been faced with forks and knives with handles so awkward that I had difficulty cutting my food and getting it to my mouth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deangold Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 I wish people would just wear tee shirts that say "Clear when I am done" or "Clear all plates together" so I would know. When I read Yelp or Open Table reviews, we get criticism from "I had to sit in front of my dirty plates until everyone else was finished" or "they gave us the bum's rush by clearing plates as we were done". We try to follow the rule when the plate is pushed away or the silver is on the plate, we clear. Stacking plates is a good sign someone wants their table cleared. Same thing with the pouring wine question. I will not go to a restaurant that will not let me have the bottle on my table and pour it myself. I have actually had an argument with more than one DC area well known restaurants over wine service.... and have not been back to either! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillvalley Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 The chair comment made me laugh. I am really short and so many chairs and barstools are just horrendous. If I have to worry that planning my mount/dismount from a barstool might cause the thing to tip over (and therefore requires a spotter), I am not coming back. In general, it seems that places who have the least "creative" seating often have the most comfortable seating. Nothing wrong with a "captain's chair" barstool, or a plain, lightly padded banquet chair. Amen. It takes more effort to gracefully climb up onto a bar stool while being charming and looking good than people over 5'4" realize. Add in a couple of strong drinks and we deserve medals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovehockey Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 If I visit a restaurant and it find that it's warm and I can see the bottles of red wine out in the open, I'll go with a white. That doesn't necessarily mean the white will be cool enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 #3, without a doubt. "When you pretentiously give us a list of ingredients and expect we should Karnak them into a delicious dish in our minds, you just look like you care more about the graphic design of the menu than the content of your plates." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveO Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 There was a restaurant that I reasonably liked, (which is no longer around) and wherein I liked the owners. But the danged plates were way too big for the little tables, always minimizing the utility and comfort of the restaurant experience. So as an adjunct to the comments about bad chairs, fat butts and overall comfort with the advise to test everything first before you start using it...do the same not just with the chairs but all the elements that make up the dining experience. Make sure the chairs and other elements that make up the space work right!!!! Test, test, test, test!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saf Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 And I'll add an amen to #1. Restaurants are too loud. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Oh goody, a chance to rant. Dear busser/waiter: if there is still food on my plate, and my fork is mid air, and I can't answer your question because I'm chewing food, then I'm not fucking finished yet, okay? Piss off. I'm thinking of you, 2AMYS. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MsDiPesto Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 #3, without a doubt. "When you pretentiously give us a list of ingredients and expect we should Karnak them into a delicious dish in our minds, you just look like you care more about the graphic design of the menu than the content of your plates." Totally agree. Those minimalist menus with no clues on preparation, etc are not appetizing at all, and make me feel like I'm reading the script for an episode of "Chopped". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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