PRICES

[mrdutton]

Bucko, thanks for pulling me up by the belt..... Yur right of course. I was starting to take this and myself too seriously.

Roberto I think your most recently posted example is a little off-base. I certainly do not watch WHO WANTS TO BE anything, let alone drink my wine out of paper cups. Nor would I suspect any of the others participating in this discussion of doing the same thing.

I think the owner/manager will be happy to take my complaint to heart and acknowlege an error, even if is after the fact. Nor do I expect to receive any kind of a "favor" for making my complaint.

As for ordering the beaujolais, it was the best possible choice for a light red wine from an extensive wine list that, IMHO, is way overpriced for every offering. I really wanted a glass or two of red wine with my meal. The beaujolais went quite nicely with the tenderloin beef, chicken, marinated sirloin tips, salmon and shrimp done in a fondue pot with a coq au vin broth in which a medley of fresh spring veggies was also cooked.

Of the many wines on this list that were familiar to me, all of them were marked up between 200 and 300 percent of what they sell for in the local market at retail.

Of the many restaurants I frequent around here I am known at several as a regular. At these places I am comped for a coctail or a glass of wine or even a bottle of wine on a surprisingly frequent basis. I return the favor by doing my best to advertise for them (word of mouth still is one of the best forms of advertising for any business), by frequenting their business as much as I can, by bringing guests with us when we dine, by sending them Christmas cards and stuff like that, and by making sure that the wait-staff who take care of me are appropriately tipped - they get about 20% to 25% from me depending on the bottom line on the check.

[This message has been edited by mrdutton (edited 05-11-2001).]