Biaggi's Nightmare...

So, Alison, Devo, Kati and I went to Biaggi's for dinner on Saturday night. And, since Maple Grove is the busiest place west of Cleveland, nowhere had any reservations available after 3 pm, so we decided to head up there and see if they could squeeze us in somewhere, sometime.

So, we arrive about 5 pm and they say we'd get a table about 6 pm. Okay, that's fine. We can wait an hour. That's not that long. Unless you're starving, which we were. Ar least they have free bread when you sit down for dinner. Or do they?

Anyhoo, 6:15 rolls around and I go up there an ask if there's a chance we'll be sat soon. Of course, he says it will just be a couple minutes.

So, 6:45 rolls around and our little futuristic pager coaster finally buzzes. Devo is sitting in the corner, gnawing on his hand, so we're lucky we got called. I think he was about 8 minutes from having a hook.

So, we go and sit down and our waiter, Jake, comes over and gets our drink order. He casually mentions that bread and water are on the way (you know...like in prison).

What he didn't casually mention is that all the other tables around us would get their bread first, or refills of bread, or platinum watches and whatever else they were giving people that weren't us.

So, he comes back with our drinks, after about 15 minutes because the bar was "packed", and he's surprised we don't have any bread or water. We're surprised too and I'd actually started to eat the "biaggi butter" (which is perhaps the worst name in the world) with a spoon.

Finally, after he takes our order, the bread arrives and we go through 3 baskets in a matter of seconds. It seems Jake knew he messed up, so he must have rushed our food, because it was out in what seemed like minutes.

Unfortunately, Alison got her wrong meal. So, eventually, she got her food and we're finally done with this travesty. And the bill comes, which was nicely comped for all the hassle and mistakes...

and by nicely comped, I mean that he charged us full price and didn't even offer us a free dessert. I hope he enjoys his 18% tip...that'll show him...