BF invited me to a birthday dinner the other day. I had hoped that I would be able to go, since it was at one of my favorite sushi places in the city, but instead I was stuck at a Community Board meeting because our item was last on the agenda.
As an aside, Community Boards never fail to amaze me. I used to wonder why CBs have a purely advisory role. After sitting through CB4's full meeting and watching them deny almost every application that came before them, I sure am glad that they have zero power. While several of the applications were over-reaching, most were perfectly reasonable and a few were actually as-of-right and were only being presented to the CB as a courtesy, so that community members wouldn't wonder "Hey? What's that building going up down the block?".
I understand why the CB denied the guy who had "expanded" his restaurant to include the sidewalk in front of his building and half of his neighbor's back yard, but the guy who wanted to have outdoor seating (5 four-person tables) until 10 pm for his restaurant on Restaurant Row? The CB justified it by saying that it would be too noisy. I don't get it. It wasn't an outdoor bar, it was only 5 tables. Also, you have to understand that just about every other restaurant on the street has seating in the rear yard, and none of them have time restrictions like this guy was willing to submit to... Any way, I felt bad for the guy.
I sat through about 5.5 hours of this before they got to our application -- it was approved (I guess that's why our clients pay us the big bucks). I was tired and hungry and by the time I got home, even Domino's had closed. I was sitting down to a dinner of cereal and about 20 minutes worth of DVRd shows when BF walked in. I asked how dinner was and this is what followed:
BF: It was. . . good.
ET#2: Oh, sorry I missed it.
BF: Actually, it's good that you couldn't make it.
ET#2: Why?
BF: We ordered omakase without looking at the menu.
ET#2: Was it good?
BF: Yeah, but guess how much it was -- there were 4 of us.
ET#2: I don't know, did you have drinks?
BF: No.
ET#2: $200 per person?
BF: No, it was $1,900 total.
ET#2: WHAT???
BF: Umm, yeah. They asked us if we wanted to order it and we said yes without looking at the menu.
ET#2: You guys are dumb. Well, at least now you can stop saying that I made you pay for your most expensive meal ever.
BF: Yeah.
If I had been there, I would have looked at or asked to see a menu.
As an aside, Community Boards never fail to amaze me. I used to wonder why CBs have a purely advisory role. After sitting through CB4's full meeting and watching them deny almost every application that came before them, I sure am glad that they have zero power. While several of the applications were over-reaching, most were perfectly reasonable and a few were actually as-of-right and were only being presented to the CB as a courtesy, so that community members wouldn't wonder "Hey? What's that building going up down the block?".
I understand why the CB denied the guy who had "expanded" his restaurant to include the sidewalk in front of his building and half of his neighbor's back yard, but the guy who wanted to have outdoor seating (5 four-person tables) until 10 pm for his restaurant on Restaurant Row? The CB justified it by saying that it would be too noisy. I don't get it. It wasn't an outdoor bar, it was only 5 tables. Also, you have to understand that just about every other restaurant on the street has seating in the rear yard, and none of them have time restrictions like this guy was willing to submit to... Any way, I felt bad for the guy.
I sat through about 5.5 hours of this before they got to our application -- it was approved (I guess that's why our clients pay us the big bucks). I was tired and hungry and by the time I got home, even Domino's had closed. I was sitting down to a dinner of cereal and about 20 minutes worth of DVRd shows when BF walked in. I asked how dinner was and this is what followed:
BF: It was. . . good.
ET#2: Oh, sorry I missed it.
BF: Actually, it's good that you couldn't make it.
ET#2: Why?
BF: We ordered omakase without looking at the menu.
ET#2: Was it good?
BF: Yeah, but guess how much it was -- there were 4 of us.
ET#2: I don't know, did you have drinks?
BF: No.
ET#2: $200 per person?
BF: No, it was $1,900 total.
ET#2: WHAT???
BF: Umm, yeah. They asked us if we wanted to order it and we said yes without looking at the menu.
ET#2: You guys are dumb. Well, at least now you can stop saying that I made you pay for your most expensive meal ever.
BF: Yeah.
If I had been there, I would have looked at or asked to see a menu.
4 comments:
oh, et#2...
the $1900 wasnt all dinner. it was FDs! he didnt invite you!?!
I once had "Omakase" that was $500. But for that price, she definitely has to stay the night.
This makes me happy that I don't like sushi (something I'm constantly trying to make myself like)! I like how the reviews on the website link both mention how expensive omakase is- especially the one that says this about the price- "We felt like we were bent over and raped."
"We felt like we were bent over and raped."
whoa! that's nuts. the japanese are so kinky. they get to rape customers in their restaurants?
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