Dine for the Charleston

It seems that restaurants are become so corporate and profit driven that they have destroyed the whole dining out experience.

We recently dined at DeVito’s in Miami and it was the most un pleasant experience we ever had. the Miami Spice $35 menu was nowhere to be seen, instead we had the sales pitch from the waiter.

Our bill came to a few cents short of $300 for two entrees and a mediocre average bottle of wine!

We were shocked. When we tried to query we were almost threatened by the nastiest manager we have ever encountered. His name was ‘Paulo’. As menacing as anything you’ve ever seen in Godfather 1, 2 or 3!

DeVitos has more hype than substance, it has to be America’s most expensive restaurant. Never again!

Whatever happened to good old Italian hospitality. Do you think certain restaurants are so crporate and greed driven that they are killing off the pleasantries of the dining out experience?

Its totally to the detriment of the dining experience! When they become "corporate" they tend to try to please ALL the people with bland "one-size-fits-all" food! You pay the same huge price but your food is now blah… there is nothing unique anymore. The corporate theory is that they can sell enough of their food to people who have no idea of what the food should REALLY taste like and make a lot of cash. The customers that actually love and appreciate food are forced to find it somewhere else. Long live the independent restauranteer!

It seems that restaurants are become so corporate and profit driven that they have destroyed the whole dining out experience.

We recently dined at DeVito’s in Miami and it was the most un pleasant experience we ever had. the Miami Spice $35 menu was nowhere to be seen, instead we had the sales pitch from the waiter.

Our bill came to a few cents short of $300 for two entrees and a mediocre average bottle of wine!

We were shocked. When we tried to query we were almost threatened by the nastiest manager we have ever encountered. His name was ‘Paulo’. As menacing as anything you’ve ever seen in Godfather 1, 2 or 3!

DeVitos has more hype than substance, it has to be America’s most expensive restaurant. Never again!

Whatever happened to good old Italian hospitality. Do you think certain restaurants are so crporate and greed driven that they are killing off the pleasantries of the dining out experience?

Its totally to the detriment of the dining experience! When they become "corporate" they tend to try to please ALL the people with bland "one-size-fits-all" food! You pay the same huge price but your food is now blah… there is nothing unique anymore. The corporate theory is that they can sell enough of their food to people who have no idea of what the food should REALLY taste like and make a lot of cash. The customers that actually love and appreciate food are forced to find it somewhere else. Long live the independent restauranteer!

i cant figure out if you just eat at the hotel, or if you have to pay at the dining room…plz help. its a skool project….thanks

Hard Rock Hotel and Hard Rock Cafe are two different places. You do have to pay to eat/dine at the Cafe and as well as pay to eat at the hotel.
www.universal.com has information that may help!

i cant figure out if you just eat at the hotel, or if you have to pay at the dining room…plz help. its a skool project….thanks

Hard Rock Hotel and Hard Rock Cafe are two different places. You do have to pay to eat/dine at the Cafe and as well as pay to eat at the hotel.
www.universal.com has information that may help!

My uncle bought a bar and I’ve been helping to fix up a lot of the electric, the other night we were in the kitchen (I work as a cook there too) and the lights, stoves, and everything else electrical except the stereo started turning on and off. It was almost like someone was flipping a master switch that controlled everything, I thought I could hear a clicking form a switch to, though that may have been the stove or somethingturning on and off. It wasn’t just the kitchen thuogh, it was at the bar and dining room too. anyone have any ideas it does this? He says it does it every now and then.

Might be a defective breaker, have th wiring and breakers checked

For those of you that don’t know what the salad bar at sizzler’s is, it is an all you can eat buffet at a fairly cheap dine in restaurant. Considering it is a buffet and i’m getting the food myself as well as the extra plates, and the only think the server is doing is refilling my drinks should the tip still stand at 15% or more or less. The check for the salad bar is i think like $4.99.

Be real!! You don’t have to leave a tip if you got no service. The people here must be waiters themselves and they just want you to give them some money. No one gave me any money for working at my job today. Don’t leave them a tip. It’s not mandatory. It’s voluntary.

we have a thesis about entrepreneurship, and we need to create a introduction about building up a fine dining restaurant!
can you guys help me? please, i just need it! thanks a lot

I have been in the business most of my life and have opened several restaurants. There is so much more to go into than can be said here, but I do have a web site that is for food and beverage people and a lot of help is given on the site. Yes, it’s all free, A google ad click here and there wouldn’t hurt though. Anyway the site is – http://www.foodandbeverageunderground.com

You want to check out the "Owners Place" and "Road to Opening" sections. If you need any further information feel free to contact me via the contact page on the site.

Cheers!
Scott

we have a thesis about entrepreneurship, and we need to create a introduction about building up a fine dining restaurant!
can you guys help me? please, i just need it! thanks a lot

I have been in the business most of my life and have opened several restaurants. There is so much more to go into than can be said here, but I do have a web site that is for food and beverage people and a lot of help is given on the site. Yes, it’s all free, A google ad click here and there wouldn’t hurt though. Anyway the site is – http://www.foodandbeverageunderground.com

You want to check out the "Owners Place" and "Road to Opening" sections. If you need any further information feel free to contact me via the contact page on the site.

Cheers!
Scott

In The Sims 2, I want to dine out my family. (Dad, Mom, Teen, and Child)…how can I make them dine altogether?

While you are controlling one of them (I usually pick the Dad or the Mom) have that sim ask the other sims to join a group "Just for Fun" then you won’t have to worry about that time meter and they will be in a group. Once they are in a group, they do everything together, including eating together.

To break the group back up just have the one who started the group break it up. You’ll see the option if you click on Groups again.

In The Sims 2, I want to dine out my family. (Dad, Mom, Teen, and Child)…how can I make them dine altogether?

While you are controlling one of them (I usually pick the Dad or the Mom) have that sim ask the other sims to join a group "Just for Fun" then you won’t have to worry about that time meter and they will be in a group. Once they are in a group, they do everything together, including eating together.

To break the group back up just have the one who started the group break it up. You’ll see the option if you click on Groups again.