with food and beverages, and ALL FOUR were on their cellphone. I wi were digital so I could post it.

while you’re still eating the bread. 4. No butter knife. 5. When refilling your water/soda/etc., lifting the glass by the RIM to pour the beverage.

in and are not well briefed on bar etiquette. For instance, nothing will burn my posterior faster than someone who comes into this small bar, occupy a prime piece of real estate at this small bar and then order coffee or pop. The...

. Also? I’m not a professional barista. Someday if I fall into enough money and free time to learn to make ür-serious espresso on the machine commensurate with that rarified level of beverage... I might just do that. In the...

I humbly beg to disagree. I do not pay for the organic milk I drink, but I do notice a difference in that it is richer, tastier and of much higher quality than non-organic milk. So let’s dispense with the outright dismissal...

. There should also be agua frescas to drink – things like jamaica, horchata, tamarindo, or other fruit-based beverages. I would expect an “authentic” restaurant to offer more caldos, like menudo, caldo de res, or...

Waiting 40 minutes to receive a beverage is 100% unacceptable. However, I think 20 minutes between courses is perfect. I hate being rushed, and like to enjoy my wine. If I was at a lower-end place, 20 minutes would be a bit of a...

of cloth dishtowels underneath the paper towel dispenser so that they are as easy to grab as the paper ones. I’ve also been consciously using more reusable containers than disposable baggies. We use these reusable...

, these products met a market driven demand. (Coffee Rich killed a local kosher deli waiter’s disgusting little practice of dispensing milk from a personal supply to favoured customers in return for a big tip.) I’m...

cared. (This was where Shirley earned her new GWiv-dispensed nickname, the Sergeant of Arms of Chowhound, although I personally preferred “Shirley The Hammer.”) We went on to Julia’s, though apparently some...