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Lou Decruss[_2_]

On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 21:38:24 GMT, (Little
Malice) wrote:

>One time on Usenet, Lou Decruss > said:
>> On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 19:43:45 GMT, (Little
>> Malice) wrote:
>>
>> >One time on Usenet, Lou Decruss > said:
>> >> On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 19:14:54 GMT, (Little
>> >> Malice) wrote:
>> >> >One time on Usenet, Lou Decruss > said:
>> >> >> On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 04:07:44 GMT, Puester >
>> >> >> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> ><snip>
>> >> >
>> >> >> Thank you for adding something rational Gloria. We're far from poor,
>> >> >> but I still look at $80 as a lot of money. At minimum wage it takes
>> >> >> people 2 days to make that much.
>> >> >
>> >> >Another option is to sell the card on eBay, if you'd really rather not
>> >> >eat at OG. Just a thought...
>> >>
>> >> Too late. Already gone. But thanks.
>> >
>> >No prob -- so how did it go? Who ate what and did they like it?
>> >Enquiring minds... ;-)
>>
>> Thanks. My reply to nancy pretty much sums it up. Edible food and a
>> nice time.
>
>I missed your reply to Nancy -- I'll look for it...

Here's what I said:

Sure it was helpful. We had a very nice evening. You were the first
to respond, so I'll tell the story here. Before we left I read the
posts here, but didn't have time to respond. Thanks to you and
everyone else who took the time to respond. We arrived a few minutes
after 5 and the wait was 35 minutes. No biggie.. So we had a cocktail
at the bar. They had to get up at 3am to catch a flight to the
Dominican Republic, so we talked a bit about their trip and we laughed
about a 43 year old with 38dd's on the topless beaches.

When we were seated I took basic advice from here, and had an open
mind knowing it wasn't going to be a great meal. But I was there for
the company. I noticed that the prices were much higher than they
were 10 years ago. Almost double it seems. The salad and the bread
were un-remarkable. Our friends both ordered the gorgonzola steak.
It wasn't a steak, but rather strips. I tried a sample and it was
pretty good, but they raved about it and finished their plates. It
seemed the portions didn't have much meat. But they were happy.
Louise had the portabello ravioli. She loved it. I tried one and it
was actually quite good. She finished her plate. I had some shrimp
thing with bell peppers and mushrooms. Big thumbs down. The
mushrooms seemed canned and although the peppers were fresh, there
weren't many in the dish. The shrimp were tiny and tough. I dug the
stuff out of the pasta and didn't finish the plate. I left most of
the pasta actually. We didn't have dessert.

We had a very nice evening, but we always do with these friends. The
bill with tip was about $110, so with the cards we had it was a pretty
cheap meal. But for the $30 the gift cards didn't cover we could have
gone out for some good Mexican. I'm sure we won't go back. I also
got heartburn, which I only get about once a year.

Lou