Friday, January 25, 2008

Friday Quickies #12: Pie blocked & DineLA plans

Pie Blocked by Bakers Square: Boo! Hiss! As I twittered recently, I went to Bakers Square this past Wednesday for their National Pie Day celebration (with free slices of pies for those who checked their Sunday paper coupons). I arrived at 8:00pm to find the "NO MORE PIES" sign hanging out the front door . . . having already arrived there, I put myself through the ordeal of their bland coffee and their greasy foccacia sandwich with fries (none of which were as good as I remembered from back in college).

DineLA Plans: I've been saving my budget & calories for the next two weeks, which, if you didn't know already, I'm really excited about -- even though some Hounders are disappointed by the list ~ which I understand, but there's still quite a few gems so it's not bad for a debut year. Anyways, for me, the places to hit are Noe at the Omni, Ford's Filling Station, Beacon, Grace and Napa Valley Grille. Only sad note is @ Grace, where my friend and I are waitlisted on Jan. 30. But if it means eating at the bar/lounge just before the kitchen closes... so be it :\

And while Pat's right that you probably aren't getting the authentic experience of the restaurant (given how many of these places will be mass-producing the prix-fixe courses and running hectic trying to turn tables on a completely filled floor), it's still a nice (and cost-effective) way to get an impression of a place, and a good incentive to get people to try places they were previously unsure of.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Seems to me you are prety negative about all you comments. There are meds for that. Bakers Square was tring to do something nice and they ran out of pie I'm shur it wasn't on purpose. Maybe everyone else thought the same as you and went for pie. WWJD

H. C. said...

Anon,Yes, it was a nice gesture what Bakers Square is trying to do, but that doesn't make it any less disappointing to discover they ran out (and no, my dining companion and I did not made a stink out of it to our server during the meal). And that's normally a eatery I wouldn't visit otherwise (again, because I don't care much for their food to begin with)...

I probably do need meds -- but before diagnosing "all [my] comments" as negative, you might consider reading some of the other posts here. Nice try with the WWJD card; grab a ticket & stand in line.

Anonymous said...

I'm sorry you feel that way. But I think you just need to go to church.

Chubbypanda said...

HC,

I'm sorry. That sign is just so very wrong. "No more pies." Oooh... I've got the shivers.

In case you couldn't tell, I love pie.


Anon,

What about "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone" and "Judge not, lest ye be judged"? Seems like you could do with a revisit to the good book yourself.

Anonymous said...

WWJD? I'm sure he'd be pretty pissed off if he missed out on PIE!

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