If You’re Gonna say World Class….
“Good service can make up for bad food but good food cannot make up for bad service”
Ancient proverb (1960’s?)
I just read an opinion piece about the state of restaurant service in this town. I think the point was missed. You see, the writer was lecturing the servers: don’t bring the food if one of us is in the john, don’t grab my glass mid-swig to refill it, and don’t ever, ever…….
Many factors play into why the server doesn’t know good service, not the least of which is that, in my experience, very few of them have had the opportunity or wherewithal to witness it firsthand. They haven’t dined at Daniel, Le Bernardin, The French Laundry, The Inn in Little Washington or a hundred other great restaurants. Who can afford to?
So what about good restaurants, instead of great? Honestly, I’ve gone militant. Read the rest of this entry »
