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snatch your plate without asking

The last waiter to attempt that at my table got a dinner knife (flat side) rapped across the back of his hand. He did'nt come back. Los Olivos CA Matties Tavern.

The last time I was in the Denver Chop House(under duress), I heard a patron tell a waiter " If you touch my plate without asking, I will bury my knife through your hand into the table".

Management called the cops and had the patron escorted out of the restaurant for threatening the staff. FLIP THAT TABLE!!!

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Originally posted by mikelb:

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snatch your plate without asking

The last waiter to attempt that at my table got a dinner knife (flat side) rapped across the back of his hand. He did'nt come back. Los Olivos CA Matties Tavern.

And you seem proud of that.

why shouldn't he? my standard line for over pourers is "if you touch that bottle again, i will cut your hand off"...and i've never been arrested(for that, at least)...

i do love matties tavern tho and find it hard to believe one would have to resort to such extremes. only in ny have i had to go there...

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Originally posted by sprnplr:

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Originally posted by mikelb:

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snatch your plate without asking

The last waiter to attempt that at my table got a dinner knife (flat side) rapped across the back of his hand. He did'nt come back. Los Olivos CA Matties Tavern.

And you seem proud of that.

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Originally posted by Sandy Fitzgerald:
The last time I was in the Denver Chop House(under duress), I heard a patron tell a waiter " If you touch my plate without asking, I will bury my knife through your hand into the table".

Management called the cops and had the patron escorted out of the restaurant for threatening the staff. FLIP THAT TABLE!!!

Just as well, He probably would have gotten sick from the special dessert that would have been headed his way.

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Originally posted by Sandy Fitzgerald:
I want to know what restaurant you go to. They were allowed to drink 6 bottles of wine, and you got to sit there that long also. In Colorado, the main rule is: Flip that table.

Eight guys would have never been allowed to have more than 2 bottles before the waiter/ess had them moved to the lounge. Mgt. here is paying bonuses for moving people out in less than 50 minutes.

It would be nice to be allowed to sit at a table long enough to enjoy the meal, no less long enough to complain.

Why would anyone go to a "nice" restaurant with a Fifty minute turn? Rule of thumb is: Two hours for a deuce to four persons and three and half hours for five or more persons.
Six bottles of wine? I would let them sit as long as they want, chances are they will drink better wine the longer they sit at the table. Simple economics. A good salesman can sell almost anything to a group of drunk guys.

And NEVER over book, the restaurant will not have this sort of problem.

This is why I learned how to cook. I'll be damned if I'm spending $300 on a meal with the wife if I'm given the bum's rush. That means no tip and no return visit. I'm there for at least two hours, just try to move me.

Iv'e never had a problem here in Mpls. I usually bring people to the country club I work at but if we go somewhere else I just tell them our agenda and how many people we will have and what wines we are bringing and how long we will be staying. We always take care of the waiter in advance so there seems to be no problem. My brother was in New York by himself and he went to one of the Mario Batali restaurants and they told him since he was alone he had to sit at the bar and eat rather than a table so he left but I don't think that is unreasonable for a single dinner.

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Originally posted by mpls wine guy:
My brother was in New York by himself and he went to one of the Mario Batali restaurants and they told him since he was alone he had to sit at the bar and eat rather than a table so he left but I don't think that is unreasonable for a single dinner.

They couldn't seat him @ a two top??? One person out to have a great meal w/ wine is more profitable than two people having a couple of apps and a glass of house wine, is it not. If the app house wine scenario were to come to play would they make the people move to the bar? I don't blame your brother for leaving.

I spent LD weekend in Philly with my daughter. Four (4) great resaurants in 4 nights. We were pushed almost as bad there as in Denver. I don't think we got table for more than 990 minutes for the 4 of us anywhere. And there was hefty tabs.

At Tinto, a good tapas restaurant, we had to scold the waiter and ask what the hurry was. He had our table overflowing with plates, all at once. By the food type, the plates should have been naturally staggered. 3 of the 4 restaurants we ate at were pushing us constantly. Guess "Flip That Table" is as alive in Philly as in Denver.

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Originally posted by Sandy Fitzgerald:
I don't think we got table for more than 990 minutes for the 4 of us anywhere.

Wow, you have some stamina @ the table .

I would have slept there, but 90 was the real number. Ups

Clearly an issue for the management.

no one goes to babbo for a couple of apps and a glass of house wine, d'uh!

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Originally posted by vin:
One person out to have a great meal w/ wine is more profitable than two people having a couple of apps and a glass of house wine, is it not.

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Originally posted by TBird:
no one goes to babbo for a couple of apps and a glass of house wine, d'uh!

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Originally posted by vin:
One person out to have a great meal w/ wine is more profitable than two people having a couple of apps and a glass of house wine, is it not.

Correct me if I am wrong but isn't Mario involved in 8 differant restaurants in NY. No one mentioned babbo. My point is sometimes (even @ babbo) 1 person can spend more money than 2. So give the man a table for two.