"Andy" > wrote in message ...
> Old favorite restaurant changed for the worse!
>
> I'm BUMMED!!!
>
> My favorite Sunday brunch restaurant officially went down the tubes.
>
> Two *** men bought it years ago and went about making changes. Getting rid
> of the linen tablecloths for paper placemats, no candles, etc. The
> stupidest of which was instead of kitchen oven toasting the English
> muffins
> and bagels and tossing them in a chaffing dish for the patrons to pluck
> from, they put a few toasters out for them to waste time standing there
> toasting their own. I protested at the idea but they were too proud at
> being new restaurateurs to even consider it a preposterous one.
>
> Today, I walk in and all the nice dining room tables are hidden behind
> five
> foot high walled cubicles. You can't see the rest of the patrons once they
> walk in their cubicle and sit down out of sight. It actually made me feel
> like I was walking around in a rat maze. I said hello to two waitresses
> who
> always served me well for all of almost 15 years. I asked who in their
> right mind would "privatize" the typical restaurant experience like this?
> They gave me pained smiles, in defense claiming the food hadn't changed!
>
> A very anti-social feel to the place, now.
>
> I walked out telling the hostess, "I changed my mind." I'll never go back.
>
> They also changed the name of the place.
>
> Andy
> --
> I'm no longer a danger to society.

Even worse: When your favorite restaurant 'closes for rennovations' and
doeesn't reopen.