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Thursday, May 30, 2002
Meg has been saving for months to have dinner at the French Laundry (a place so good, even vegetarians will eat its foie gras) and finally she had her big night (Jason went, too).
When they turn the story of our restaurant into a movie, here's how I'd like to see it cast: Ellen Burstyn as Gayle the waitress, Sean Penn (U Turn-style) as Simon the cook, and Steve Buscemi as Harry the regular. For the other regular, the one who gets an life-altering epiphany one day while walking through our front door and orders something completely different than her usual, causing Gayle to nearly have a seizure and Simon and Harry to exchange gosh darn glances, I'd like to cast Sarah. Wednesday, May 29, 2002
The geniuses at Mitsubishi have developed a system of smart glasses that, when nearing empty status, wirelessly alert the kitchen for a refill. I'm at a loss to see how the benefits of such a system outweigh the costs of installing it and keeping it up -- not to mention the costs of the additional liquid product that will be poured for free. The restaurant "experts" claim that customers' satisfaction decrease the longer they have to wait for refills. Sure, but does it dip so low that it'll cost the restaurant a repeat visit? I doubt it. Tuesday, May 28, 2002
Amazon has launched a curious restaurant feature. It's nice to have access to menus, but I think that, despite its poor design, the Reader's Restaurant Finder remains the best way to sniff out a good meal in Chicago (other than offering to buy one of us dinner).
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