Goomba38 wrote:
>
> Kate Connally wrote:
>
> > You know, I did just this very thing but not to avoid a
> > service charge. I have always wanted to eat at Brennan's
> > in New Orleans and when I got the chance to go there I was
> > really excited. I couldn't wait to have the Bananas Foster.
> > I made a reservation months in advance. I was meeting my
> > sister and her husband there for dinner while we were both
> > on vacation in N. O. at the same time. So, we get to the
> > restaurant and are seated and the waiter comes to take our
> > order and I ask for separate checks. No deal! Huh? What's
> > the big deal? (I don't even want to hear all the "so why
> > couldn't one or the other of you just pay the check and get
> > reimbursed by the other" comments - there are reasons - okay?)
> > So I'm furious. I ask to be seated at another table nearby.
> > They think I'm nuts. Too bad it didn't work. If it had been
> > a place where you didn't need a reservation months in advance
> > it woulda worked. We ended up eating at Kakoo and Ralph's.
> > It was great. Eh, their Bananas Foster is probably not all
> > it's cracked up to be anyway. :-)
> >
> > Kate
>
> That's really a depressing story. It is like you cut your
> own nose off to spite your face...very sad. I hope
> whatever is wrong between you and your family can be
> resolved so that you don't miss out on other nice things in
> years to come.

Well, I don't feel that way about it. I just don't like
being pushed around by snooty restaurants or even non-snooty
ones! It was a matter of principle. And there is nothing
wrong between me and my family. If there were I would not
have been dining with them! The reasons for requesting
separate checks have nothing to do with a "family feud".
Don't feel sorry for me. I can always make my own Banana's
Foster from Brennan's own recipe so it's not a big deal.
And we had a great time at Kakoo and Ralph's and great
food. I had crab done 7 different ways, and except for
the soft-shell crab it was all delicious. I would have
actually felt worse about it if I had let Brennan's force
me into doing it their way.

Kate

--
Kate Connally
“If I were as old as I feel, I’d be dead already.”
Goldfish: “The wholesome snack that smiles back,
Until you bite their heads off.”
What if the hokey pokey really *is* what it's all about?