There’s a reason restaurants everywhere are failing: Red Hen Syndrome

The Spectator ^ | 07/22/2018 | Rod Liddle

[BenLurkin]

Her rude defenestration.....

They pushed her out a window?

[bramps]

I was up in the Boston area this weekend and went to the Blue Moon Grill in Wakefield.
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I’m typing this less than a mile from there, right next to the place I usually go, The Omelette Headquarters. Folks will wait outside in the dead of winter for a table.

[I am Richard Brandon]

My Bad - Arthur C Clark

[lee martell]

That’s deforestation, I believe.

[Vigilanteman]

We use our Foreman grill for everything you can imagine and more. Fish, yum! Chicken is also OK but better if you slice it. We even do toasted ham and cheese sandwiches.

George Forman was a genius!

[Williams]

The author is an idiot for not recognizing that good cooking is an art and not as easy as throwing something into a frying pan.

[Ouderkirk]

The only place we go anymore is the Olive Garden.

We are there because the food is acceptable for Italian. The key reason we go back is the service. It is uniformly excellent. I have NEVER had lousy service in the Olive Garden.

I grew up in an Italian city (Syracuse/Utica/Rome) where you couldn’t throw a rock without hitting one. Back in the day, the food was sensational for traditional Italian, and the service was magnificent.

Now, restaurant service is uniformly lousy (excepting OG) and even worse if you have kids. It’s to the point where we won’t go out with the kids, and without the kids, we’re not going out.

A place like the Red Whore in VA. is not a place I would consider going with my kids.

[Nifster]

J. Christopher’s and a cracker Barrell

[buffaloguy]

“What on earth is Italian with a southern flair-—Italian is Italian?”

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Double the garlic. Using the whole garlic cloves. Killer Italian.

[waterhill]

See post 53

[super7man]

Defenestration

That is what the right button on my mouse is for.

[Fiji Hill]

The victims of the Defenestration of Prague were Roman Catholic nobles who were caught up in a Protestant rebellion. After the event, they quickly hightailed it out of Dodge but were soon back in the saddle after the Holy Roman Empire crushed the revolt in 1620.

Defenestration seems to be a local custom. In 1948, Jan Masaryk, Czechoslovakia's foreign minister, died after being helped through a window by the Communists, who had seized control of the country a few days earlier.

[waterhill]

Yes!

[Bigg Red]

Much less messy to cook the bacon in the oven, too.

[Fred Hayek]

I had Sunday brunch at a restaurant that had the perfect thick cut bacon. Not soggy, undercooked, or burnt (over cooked). They bake it in an oven, instead of using a frying pan.

[Fungi]

Rank amateurs trying to look impressive.

[Mears]

Sounds delicious-—lucky you! :-)

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[Fred Hayek]

Breakfast at a diner I have found to be a perfect way to start a day of a full day hike.

[waterhill]

I butterflied a pork loin out flat, sprinkled feta cheese, jalapenos and garlic, a layer of spinach and mushrooms, a little black pepper and Tony’s, rolled it back up and grilled it along with some squash.

Art? I was hungry!

[rightwingcrazy]

Defenestration

Ridding yourself of Microsoft products. A liberating thing.