Food

[Der Amf]

I won't queue for food, too many other options available. As for queueing for pizza....mass delusion.

[Martin]

I agree with DA, I wouldn't mind waiting half an hour in the bar before being seated, but queuing for a restaurant? No way. Plenty of other choices

This was yesterday's dinner:


Smoked Salmon, fresh Tagliatelle with chanterelles and a sauce made from cherry tomatoes with a little cream.

[Ryan]

Oh that's right, this place is also cash only.

My friends and I were also scratching heads as to how they make any money. 40 pizzas a night is gross $1000, tops. Then there's rent, supply cost, labor cost, breakage/spoilage.

I guess a little tax evasion helps the bottom line.

The cash only thing is widespread here, unfortunately, and mostly accepted, or just acknowledged as something we have to put up with.

[Henry Krinkle]

Oh that's right, this place is also cash only.

My friends and I were also scratching heads as to how they make any money. 40 pizzas a night is gross $1000, tops. Then there's rent, supply cost, labor cost, breakage/spoilage.

Cash only. I am sure they don't have to worry about paying any taxes.

Oh, I see you beat me to that Ryan.

[Henry Krinkle]

The place that served this dish is my ideal type of place.

P7182470 by Hank Blanc, on Flickr

It is utterly without pretension. I ate that on this crappy deck





That particular night was a slow Saturday, so the staff was packaging the restaurant's energy bars in the middle of the restaurant and best of all that whole meal, including wine flights , taxes and generous tip was barely over $200 CAD for two.

[skywatch]

Smoked Salmon, fresh Tagliatelle with chanterelles and a sauce made from cherry tomatoes with a little cream.

Ooh, that looks delicious. Chanterelles and salmon go perfectly together.

[Raza]

Cash only. I am sure they don't have to worry about paying any taxes.

Oh, I see you beat me to that Ryan.

But that they have national recognition, it's going to be hard to keep doing that.

[T Bone]

I'm beginning to feel very tired of these restaurants thinking they're some sort of sacred space and we non-cookers should feel privileged to pay them for the service. There's a pizza place, recently named the best pizza in the country by some magazine, that's near me. They sell 40 pizzas a night. No delivery. Pickup only. You go, you wait in line, and you hope to get a pizza. People start waiting in line an hour and a half before it opens. Once they sell 40 pizzas, they stop. People wait in line for hours and never get a pizza.

They have no phone. They're known for not having a phone. So you can't even call to find out if they're still serving.

It makes me want to go get a bunch of those $5 crap pizzas from Little Caesar's and just throw slices at the chumps waiting in line, begging to be accepted by another fake velvet rope.

Of course, there is a decorum and there are manners. But snapping a discreet photo of your food--cooked and plated with great care, no doubt--is not something that should bother anyone. If I put something together that was so good people wanted to share it on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, or whatever, I'd be happy and a little proud, not annoyed or indignant.

The attitude of this pizza place sort of reminds me of this guy....




Good pie though?

[Ryan]

The attitude of this pizza place sort of reminds me of this guy....




Good pie though?

Ha! Yup.

[Nokie]

Something different last night-