Comments on: Restaurant Gripes #1 and #2

By: CC

CC — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:38:45 +0000

Love this topic!! Agree on both parts, though as a woman if I have room temp butter I can wait to be served 2nd

looking forward to #3

By: Amy in StL

Amy in StL — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 20:54:25 +0000

I guess it comes from living in The South for so many years but I don’t mind being treated and pampered like a lady. In return, I always sincerely offer my thanks and a warm smile. My favorite nun always said, “If we call them ladies and treat them as such; they shall act like ladies.”

By: Mac

Mac — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:23:16 +0000

Hard butter is extremely unnerving.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 22:03:14 +0000

I completely agree with both; but have the butter issue stands out more times then not…

A neighborhood, rustic Italian restaurant in Brooklyn comes to my mind, where I’ve always had great service and amazing food, but for some reason the butter is served as a brick… it’s almost as if they don’t want you to use it…

I’ve emailed them about the issue and never heard back :-/

A smaller gripe i have sometimes (depending on the venue…) is having the dessert menu shoved at me, rather then politely being asked whether i would care to see it or not… but thats probably me just being nitpicky…

By: Karen

Karen — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:33:09 +0000

I’m curious too…and I admit that it’s nice to hear that you look after your sweetheart like that.

By: Bill Burge

Bill Burge — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:17:13 +0000

I definitely see your point, Karen, and I argue with Ellie all the time about similar topics. I’d be curious to know what the general consensus is amongst women, however?

Speaking for myself, having been raised in a particularly proper family when it came to matters like this, I can’t help but like to see my wife served first. It irritates me immensely when she is not, and especially so when I find that they are catering specifically to me because they know me.
It is for this reason I prefer to dine at the bar in a lot of restaurant situations because there is a certain lack of service that comes with sitting at a bar which keeps me from being as nit picky about my squabbles.

By: Karen

Karen — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:04:09 +0000

In reference to ladies first, I thought that kind of chivalry went out long ago. I would much prefer that all guests, whether male or female, be treated with equal professional courtesy…could be just me, but I don’t expect that the door be held open for me just because I’m a woman, but simply because it’s the right thing to do for another person. I agree with you on #2, though – butter tastes so much better when it’s not ice cold, kind of like a great Riesling does.

By: Erika

Erika — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:45:42 +0000

Thanks so much for the shout-out to my posts! Serving women first is a great addition to the list.