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What happened to the good old family dining where you called the restaurant.
Spoke to the owner by name. He saved your seat. Sat you down.
Checked in to see you were comfortable while you enjoyed your meal.
Shook hands with the chef. Payed cash. Tipped the waiters.
Tipped the dishwashers.Tipped the coat check. Tipped the valet
and called it a night.
Now it's gotten too business like...........to corporate.
Too "Fraggin" cold.......and unemotionally attached.
Itemizing ....itemizing...itemizing.....
I'm not doing my taxes. Damn it !
I'm trying to sit down and enjoy dinner.
Keep the bill simple. To yourselves would help.
Just serve me my meal. I'll even pay cash, leave a cash tip, and see myself out.
You know what......better off if I run to the shopping center.
Pick up a good sirloin, potato, spring salad, loaf of Italian bread
and marry it with a wonderful liquor store Cabernet.
Heck.....I'll even indulge in an espresso and some
gelato afterwards.
I might even invite a friend over ..................for a good hand of poker.
Sorry. No cigars...................I'm married ...errr...ummmm.....compromised..........( sarcasm )
He wants to add another 5% tip as an option for the kitchen staff ..
Not for nothing , but with most who go there already leaving 20% of a huge bill as a tip how about the waiters kick in 5% for the staff ….many restaurants do it that way ..
I think a 25% tip on that size bill is over the top.
We stopped going there even though we can walk there , as we found the steaks not as good as Peter Lugers or Morton’s
AGREED. Last year the steak at Jacks was just not that great.
Lugers is always consistent and spot on.
I do like the interior of Jacks at Bell a lot more though, but Im a sucker for brick wall interiors. Also bar is very classy/old looking.
Let the restaurants keep raising the prices. More and more people will dine at home or dine out less/spend less. It's out of control already. I tip 20% and quite frankly, the food of late has been mediocre, especially delivery. Everything I order has been arriving loop warm at best or I have to reheat it in the oven, but sure, let's tip everybody for half-@ssed service. Meanwhile, we're already tipping more because just about every place raised their prices. I have been picking up my food more whenever I do order and for that, I don't tip. When it gets warmer, I'll see if my usual spots are up to snuff or slacking and that will determine eating out more or cooking at home.
Possibly transferring to less sit-down places and more take-out instead. Especially for Covid we've been ordering take-out more than usual. We never ate out that much to begin with, but we pretty much don't do it anymore. Same food within the comfort of your home, still no dishes afterwards. Interesting to see how it will all develop.
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I go into a restaurant and order a cheap cube steak dinner at $15. A plate of food is brought to me. Tip is 20% or $3. Next day I order a fancier fish dinner at $25. A plate of food is brought to me. Tip is 20% or $5. The same amount of work in both cases - i.e. a plate of food is brought to me. Why is the tip for one case more than the tip for the other case? Tipping by percentage makes no sense!
Does the guy at the hi-end place work as hard as the waitress slinging ham and eggs at the local diner? Debatable. The hi-end guy takes your order, and someone else bring it out, and your still lucky if the guy isn't saying "who got Rib Eye, who got the Fillet?"
Speaking of Steak's was never impressed with Jacks. Used to love the Original Palm with Big Al, but the family sold and Pffft.
"“It’s about time the back of the house is rewarded for something by the public,” Degel said. “How much can I raise my prices before people don’t come in anymore?”"
Whether he raises his prices 5% or people add a 5% tip for the kitchen staff, the bill is going up 5% and the customer is paying 5% more. [Please don't nit-pick about additional sales tax on the higher prices compared to no sales tax on the tip.]
i bought 10.99 a lb bone in rib eye today. It tasted better than uncle jacks hands down
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Meanwhile, we're already tipping more because just about every place raised their prices. I have been picking up my food more whenever I do order and for that, I don't tip. When it gets warmer, I'll see if my usual spots are up to snuff or slacking and that will determine eating out more or cooking at home.
