Restaurant reviewer busted

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"Bob Terwilliger" wrote

I've not been down there for some time, but I do want to make a reservation
at an Allentown restaurant. Preferably one near city hall. Could be worth a
chuckle or two.
 
blake murphy wrote:



The thing about unsuspecting restauranteurs ... that's the whole
point! Everyone who walks in should be treated like a first class
customer. What kind of review is it if you know the customer is
going to write about their experience in the paper ... you'll step
up your game! while your average, everyday schmo gets crappy
service and cold steak. The whole *point* is to review the
food and service that anyone can expect coming in, not just the
'celebrities'.

If a restauranteur is afraid of a reviewer, they need to figure out
what's wrong with *themselves* instead of avoiding a review.

nancy
 
On 07/01/2011 10:56 AM, Nancy Young wrote:



It is not entirely random. A lot of us old farts are used to the world
of work and coffee breaks. When I retired, I made a point of getting out
every morning if for no other reason than getting out for a coffee.
Having worked on the road for many years, I stopped in a lot of
different coffee shops and malls. I eventually learned to recognize the
various groups of regulars in the different coffee shops and the times
of day that they would be there.

Sometimes they are mixtures of retirees and guys still int he work
force. My cousin has a real estate business in a town about 150 miles
north of here. My sister in law's parents live in a town close to it.
Her father has some health issues and her mother watches his diet very
closely. So he sneaks out for coffee and donuts or a bacon and egg
breakfast and became part of one of those men's coffee klatches. It
turned out that SiL's father and my cousin are in the same group and
have been having coffee together almost every weekday morning for years.
 
"Boron Elgar" wrote in message
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Okay. You win. My 62 years of life and experience in dining in some of the
nicest places in North America amount to nothing aside your experiences.

My political opinions about Barry and Bertha are nil compared to your
obvious love of them. Enjoy their reign.

Long live the King from Kenya.

Piss on.

Steve
 
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"Ed Pawlowski" wrote:

[attributions mucked up]


Restaurants have the right to post signs. I think that would come under
"Freedom of speech". However, just because a restaurant posts a sign
that clearly violates the law, doesn't mean that they have changed the
existing laws.

The incident took place in California, and thus was covered under three
laws, according to my exhaustive research (two minutes in Google):

http://www.legalzoom.com/us-law/equal-rights/right-refuse-service

Not only is there the Federal Civil Rights Act and the Americans with
Disabilities Act, but:

"California's Unruh Civil Rights Act makes it illegal to discriminate
against individuals based on unconventional dress or sexual preference.

In the 1960s, the Unruh Civil Rights Act was interpreted to provide
broad protection from arbitrary discrimination by business owners. Cases
decided during that era held that business owners could not
discriminate, for example, against hippies, police officers,
homosexuals, or Republicans, solely because of who they were. "

So, I would say that they couldn't bounce her for being a reviewer, but
could for writing negative reviews of restaurants owned by partners.

I did read of a restaurant that refused to serve police officers. I
guess one had come in and busted a customer, so after that, they refused
to serve them. It wasn't in California, though.

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA
[email protected]
 
On Tue, 4 Jan 2011 02:55:25 -0800, "Bob Terwilliger"
wrote:


I could, but I'm not part of the pretentious crowd and I don't think
it's cute. I've never used anything other than my own name and it's
odd that you'd have such trouble using yours.

--

Never trust a dog to watch your food.
 
On Fri, 31 Dec 2010 11:30:22 -0800, Steve B wrote:


while your ignorance is broad and deep, what the fuck do you political
opinions have to do with it? other than mark you as a fox-bot lunatic,
that is.

blake
 
On Mon, 3 Jan 2011 13:07:11 -0800, "Steve B"
wrote:


While doing some genealogy research I ran across a General Baker (?)
of PA. Turned out his father was a Private in the Revolution. He
had 3 sons- named the General, Colonel, and Major. As far as
I could tell they never served anywhere.


Parents can be cruel, can't they?

Jim
 
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ImStillMags wrote:



I'll bet he meant that they don't pay with their *own* money, not that
they were getting a free meal from the restaurant.

--
Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
Holy Order of the Sacred Sisters of St. Pectina of Jella
"Always in a jam, never in a stew; sometimes in a pickle."
Pepparkakor particulars posted 11-29-2010;
http://web.me.com/barbschaller
 
On Jan 3, 11:52?am, sf wrote:

The only people entitled as of right to call themselves "Doctor" are
the PhDs and others with genuine doctorates. I've even seen
veterinary surgeons and dentists with mere undergraduate degrees using
it recently.

And, yes, I do have a PhD and, no, I have never used it making a
restaurant or any other kind of booking. Not that it would be any
advantage here anyway.

LW
 
On 03/01/2011 12:02 PM, notbob wrote:

I have no problems admitting to avoiding expensive shishi restaurants. I
don't have a lot of interest in paying outrageous prices for weird
dishes that I cannot get at home. The cost of dining out has risen a lot
over the years. Being retired, my pension doesn't allow me to indulge
myself on such luxuries.


When I was still working we used to go to one of the local winery
restaurants on special occasions. I was put off by the price of their
wines. They sold only their own wines, so it wasn't like they had a huge
wine cellar in which they had to store a significant investment in wine.
They sold only their more expensive wines, and at a huge mark-up.

Then there was the cost of food. Bear in mind this was more than 10
years ago. Vegetable soup..... $14.95. This is a winery restaurant
sitting in the middle of farm country. It was not occupying expensive
downtown real estate. The decor was nice and comfortable, but not full
of expensive furniture and fine china. What the hell can you put into
vegetable soup that would justify selling it at $14.95? I would feel
like a sucker to pay those prices.
 
On 07/01/2011 10:42 AM, Goomba wrote:



There was a small mom and pop restaurant that I used to stop at once in
a while when I was working in that area. Their food was decent and
reasonably priced. They had a bottomless cup of coffee and it may have
been their undoing. During the winter and on crappy weather days, the
local farmers used to come in for breakfast, read their newspapers and
to meet their buddies. Since they had their newspapers spread out on
their tables, they each sat at their own table, carried on conversations
with their friends and stayed for an hour or two and enjoyed many refills.

it must have cost the owners a lot. I don't imagine they went broke on
the refills, but they probably lost a lot of business with those guys
each taking up a while table and not making any money off them.
 
On Wed, 05 Jan 2011 14:39:22 -0500, Dave Smith
wrote:


Nah, right now she is a blogster, and recently an ex reporter from
LA's Channel 11 - their Fox station. She has a long TV journalism CV
though.

So what's your point?

Boron
 
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