Fancy Pants Restaurants

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  • 81
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    peacefrompaul wrote:
    Wasn't the sister dating a guy that was a performer at that place?

    :think: i think they went out once....

    but at the end of the day, could any woman really date a midevil times performer. :lol:
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  • peacefrompaul
    peacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    81 wrote:
    peacefrompaul wrote:
    Wasn't the sister dating a guy that was a performer at that place?

    :think: i think they went out once....

    Good enough for a :lol: from me
  • rick1zoo2
    rick1zoo2 between a rock and a dumb place Posts: 12,632
    let's go get thrown out of the Applebees
  • peacefrompaul
    peacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    rick1zoo2 wrote:
    let's go get thrown out of the Applebees

    Alright
  • Mamasan23
    Mamasan23 Posts: 16,390
    81 wrote:
    peacefrompaul wrote:
    Wasn't the sister dating a guy that was a performer at that place?

    :think: i think they went out once....

    but at the end of the day, could any woman really date a midevil times performer. :lol:
    That happened :fp:
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  • rick1zoo2
    rick1zoo2 between a rock and a dumb place Posts: 12,632
    Mamasan23 wrote:
    81 wrote:
    peacefrompaul wrote:
    Wasn't the sister dating a guy that was a performer at that place?

    :think: i think they went out once....

    but at the end of the day, could any woman really date a midevil times performer. :lol:
    That happened :fp:


    hehe....fancy.....pants
  • Get_Right
    Get_Right Posts: 14,164
    RKCNDY wrote:
    Get_Right wrote:
    One of my greatest pleasures is sitting through a tasting menu paired with the proper wines, or enjoying omakase at a world class sushi bar.

    Three hours at Per Se, Eleven Madison Park, 15 east or Sushi yasuda in NYC please!

    I don't go out for steak unless its Luger's or the boss is paying.

    For me, its go big or go home. Its the middle ground "fancy" places that always disappoint. Give me a diner or give me four star.

    Four Stars according to who? Professional chefs, Yelp, or Zagat?
    A general consensus.
  • polaris_x
    polaris_x Posts: 13,559
    JonnyPistachio wrote:
    If you're paying more than $35 for any plate of food, you're just making some yanker absurdly rich for nothing.
    I was in one of these fancy pants places with my aunt and uncle once when I was about 16-17. They tried to get me to eat garlic snails or some shit... So I caved and said I'd try it. But i'll be damned if I'm not gonna smell it before I eat it. apparently that's bad manners. My aunt slapped me. I think the slap was worse manners than smelling the garlic snails. I'll likely never go back to these type places.

    dare i say it!? ... :lol:

    fancy restaurants are not necessarily defined by the taste of the food ... what you are paying for is essentially this (in order of where your money is going to):

    1. Ingredients (usually places use top of the line ingredients)
    2. fixtures (marble counter tops, fancy lighting, interior design work, over-priced chairs)
    3. rent (these places are usually in high commercial real estate places and often have excessive square footage).
    4. staff (your food is cooked most likely by the executive chef or sous chef ... there aren't any $12/hr line cooks - although more and more these days there are).
    5. to be seen with other people who can't afford the place

    i've eaten at all kinds of places at all kinds of price ranges ... i don't mind paying for ingredients and staff ... i took some relatives out last night at a northern thai place last night and they were basically ga ga over the food ... and they too have eaten at all levels of restaurants ...
  • Black Diamond
    Black Diamond Posts: 25,109
    Get_Right wrote:
    One of my greatest pleasures is sitting through a tasting menu paired with the proper wines, or enjoying omakase at a world class sushi bar.

    Three hours at Per Se, Eleven Madison Park, 15 east or Sushi yasuda in NYC please!

    I don't go out for steak unless its Luger's or the boss is paying.

    For me, its go big or go home. Its the middle ground "fancy" places that always disappoint. Give me a diner or give me four star.
    We should meet :lol:
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  • JonnyPistachio
    JonnyPistachio Florida Posts: 10,219
    polaris_x wrote:
    JonnyPistachio wrote:
    If you're paying more than $35 for any plate of food, you're just making some yanker absurdly rich for nothing.
    I was in one of these fancy pants places with my aunt and uncle once when I was about 16-17. They tried to get me to eat garlic snails or some shit... So I caved and said I'd try it. But i'll be damned if I'm not gonna smell it before I eat it. apparently that's bad manners. My aunt slapped me. I think the slap was worse manners than smelling the garlic snails. I'll likely never go back to these type places.

    dare i say it!? ... :lol:

    fancy restaurants are not necessarily defined by the taste of the food ... what you are paying for is essentially this (in order of where your money is going to):

    1. Ingredients (usually places use top of the line ingredients)
    2. fixtures (marble counter tops, fancy lighting, interior design work, over-priced chairs)
    3. rent (these places are usually in high commercial real estate places and often have excessive square footage).
    4. staff (your food is cooked most likely by the executive chef or sous chef ... there aren't any $12/hr line cooks - although more and more these days there are).
    5. to be seen with other people who can't afford the place

    i've eaten at all kinds of places at all kinds of price ranges ... i don't mind paying for ingredients and staff ... i took some relatives out last night at a northern thai place last night and they were basically ga ga over the food ... and they too have eaten at all levels of restaurants ...

    :lol: yeah, I get that too.
    I've had 6-7 experiences at places where a plate is over $35, and I could care less how soft the cushion under my ass is, if the waiter has a bowtie, or if the water was hand filtered from an arctic glacier. :P
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  • rick1zoo2
    rick1zoo2 between a rock and a dumb place Posts: 12,632
    true story from my boss - she and her family were in Arkansas for her son's karate tournament. There was some kind of fish on the menu and her husband asked where the fish was from. The waitress in a thick Arkansas accent answered in all seriousness: "from the frigerator sir"
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,327
    rick1zoo2 wrote:
    true story from my boss - she and her family were in Arkansas for her son's karate tournament. There was some kind of fish on the menu and her husband asked where the fish was from. The waitress in a thick Arkansas accent answered in all seriousness: "from the frigerator sir"
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  • JonnyPistachio
    JonnyPistachio Florida Posts: 10,219
    rick1zoo2 wrote:
    true story from my boss - she and her family were in Arkansas for her son's karate tournament. There was some kind of fish on the menu and her husband asked where the fish was from. The waitress in a thick Arkansas accent answered in all seriousness: "from the frigerator sir"

    :lol::lol:
    Im guessing it was sardine or catfish.
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  • pandora
    pandora Posts: 21,855
    Fancy pants restaurants where they wheel out the food cart that has no $$$ signs...

    bullshit

    I head to the bar, ask for a menu, try a couple appetizers, drink some wine
    and make new friends for my 100$ ... being white trash can really be such fun ;)
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,759
    Well, it's not fancy pants at all, but the deliciousness of the food is very fancy pants! The owners of The Tacofino Commissary, on Hastings Street in Vancouver, started with a food truck (which they still have). Went to their relatively new restaurant last night finally, after hearing people rave about the food, and whoooaaaaa it was so good!! Tiny and very packed, with several bench tables that you share with other guests (not all the tables are big enough to share). Super bare bones, i.e. the glassware is what you'd expect to get in some off the beaten path bar in a little town in Mexico. Super casual, no frills, except for some very interesting lighting on the ceiling. But the food... oh, the food. We shared the nachos, which were the best nachos I've ever eaten in my life by far, and I had the fish taco, which was the best fish taco I've ever eaten in my life. :) Can't wait to go back and try more of the menu. And the service was very good. Be ready to wait for a table. Not sure if they take reservations.

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  • Get_Right
    Get_Right Posts: 14,164
    Black Diamond wrote:
    Get_Right wrote:
    One of my greatest pleasures is sitting through a tasting menu paired with the proper wines, or enjoying omakase at a world class sushi bar.

    Three hours at Per Se, Eleven Madison Park, 15 east or Sushi yasuda in NYC please!

    I don't go out for steak unless its Luger's or the boss is paying.

    For me, its go big or go home. Its the middle ground "fancy" places that always disappoint. Give me a diner or give me four star.
    We should meet :lol:
    I just saw this today.
    I think we also have the same first name. :lol::lol:
  • RKCNDY
    RKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    Mr. RK's company likes to hold the holiday parties at fancy pants places.

    I love being able to say, "Oh yeah, I've eaten at Canlis"...I mean, it's the truth, they cater the party, I eat the food...I just don't have to pay the bill. :P

    But one day, I would love to go to a real fancy pants place to eat and be able to say if I like it or not...and also because, well, us girls like to get all fancied up sometimes.
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  • 81
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    RKCNDY wrote:
    But one day, I would love to go to a real fancy pants place to eat and be able to say if I like it or not...and also because, well, us girls like to get all fancied up sometimes.

    that steak place in MT was fancy.....by MT standards. :lol:
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  • 81
    81 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    RKCNDY wrote:
    "Oh yeah, I've eaten at Canlis"

    just checked their website...

    holy pompous batman

    i like a good dinner at a nice place, but not those sort of places.
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  • RKCNDY
    RKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    81 wrote:
    RKCNDY wrote:
    But one day, I would love to go to a real fancy pants place to eat and be able to say if I like it or not...and also because, well, us girls like to get all fancied up sometimes.

    that steak place in MT was fancy.....by MT standards. :lol:

    :lol: kinda surprised they didn't ask if I wanted to check my gun at the door... :lol:
    81 wrote:
    RKCNDY wrote:
    "Oh yeah, I've eaten at Canlis"

    just checked their website...

    holy pompous batman

    i like a good dinner at a nice place, but not those sort of places.

    :(

    the thread title IS 'Fancy Pants'...you gotta wear your fancy pants (and coat) to dine there!

    okay...back on the bucket list it goes...maybe someday I will get to go there. :|
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