Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Ed P Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking Subject: Re: Quebec law to allow restaurants to charge for now shows. Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2025 16:14:35 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 29 Message-ID: References: <6ad28bbd154e5eaf88d61b4a12175904@www.novabbs.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2025 21:14:36 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="4db2782fd6f9fbb3d9f7a53bd8415f6a"; logging-data="4033196"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19pjV/oemJmsQCgp+2HRAKeiOhQ0H24xmw=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:len90LkXAaw4owlqs1fwjtRctY4= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2338 On 3/20/2025 3:42 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote: >> > Honestly?  The last time I've eaten anywhere that required > a reservation was 25 years ago.  The food was great, but > no means packed nor people waiting outside or at the bar > for a table. > > For me, a reasonable amount of time is 30 minutes or less. > A restaurant that can't seat me in a reasonable amount of > time, I just go somewhere else. > > -- We have on special occasions. One thing I've done a couple of times was to make special arrangements ahead of time. It was always on a slow night and always arranged with the owner/chef. I'd call or stop in and tell them what I wanted. We'll order a drink, then I want dinner for two, three courses, an appropriate wine. Do not bring a menu to the table. That's it. The chef decides what we will be eating! The chef liked it because he was free to make things other than another serving of #4 on the menu. If that is what he make it would have a twist of some sort to his preference. Not something to do on a busy Saturday night, but on a half empty Tuesday, the staff seemed to enjoy it too.