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  • MikM Mik

    This trend predates Biden, although the COVID pressures sure did not help.

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    @Mik said in Another Michelin Starred Restaurant Closes:

    This trend predates Biden, although the COVID pressures sure did not help.

    Also, the restaurant in question is in Belfast.

    I was only joking

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      Mik
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      Doesn't matter. The trend is here too.

      "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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        Yeah, we used to have four in town. Now, we have two.

        “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

        Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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        • MikM Mik

          Yeah, when I go out I want to be waited on. I don't want to stand in line or hit a QR code to order.

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          @Mik said in Another Michelin Starred Restaurant Closes:

          Yeah, when I go out I want to be waited on. I don't want to stand in line or hit a QR code to order.

          The no-human-interaction model is clearly superior. Wanna know how I know? Because I've been told this time and time again from people who know precisely dick about the restaurant industry.

          Please love yourself.

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          • JollyJ Jolly

            The wife and I had dinner at a nice white table cloth Italian restaurant the other night. Place probably seats 70-80 people, although they do have a banquet room (free of charge if you have a party of twenty or more. Extra gratuity is added, though). Food was good, service was excellent and the owner stopped by the table long enough to inquire about the food and whether we had enjoyed our meal.

            I left a 20% tip. Was worth every penny.

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            @Jolly said in Another Michelin Starred Restaurant Closes:

            Was worth every penny.

            That's because you see the value in wooey things like human interaction and relationships.

            The Italian place in town closed here. They were recovering from COVID but couldn't recover fast enough. The coffee shop almost went out, too; their financing fell through but they were able to work something out.

            I was commenting to someone the other day that I no longer know what anything costs at the coffee shop anymore. They always under-charge me, I always tip.* So who knows.

            *I spoke with the owner about the tipping screen. That money actually goes to the baristas. I'll walk in there on a Saturday morning when the line's out the door and there's a 20 minute wait for each order, but strangely, my stuff's always ready by the time I get up to order it. I'm sure they all would be doing that if they didn't work for tips, though, because service workers live to make people happy and aren't motivated by money.

            Please love yourself.

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              Oh God, not the fucking tipping debate again.

              I was only joking

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              • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                Oh God, not the fucking tipping debate again.

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                @Doctor-Phibes said in Another Michelin Starred Restaurant Closes:

                Oh God, not the fucking tipping debate again.

                You do know why Ax posted this, don't you? It's the same reason why he's the first to post stories of ousted GOP politicians and Catholic Church scandals. His motivation is not exactly in the service of public interest.

                Please love yourself.

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                • Aqua LetiferA Aqua Letifer

                  @Doctor-Phibes said in Another Michelin Starred Restaurant Closes:

                  Oh God, not the fucking tipping debate again.

                  You do know why Ax posted this, don't you? It's the same reason why he's the first to post stories of ousted GOP politicians and Catholic Church scandals. His motivation is not exactly in the service of public interest.

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                  @Aqua-Letifer said in Another Michelin Starred Restaurant Closes:

                  @Doctor-Phibes said in Another Michelin Starred Restaurant Closes:

                  Oh God, not the fucking tipping debate again.

                  You do know why Ax posted this, don't you?

                  Enlighten me, how do you see posting this news article about a Michelin starred restaurant closing in Belfast, Ireland support either side of the tipping debate one way or another.

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                  • AxtremusA Axtremus

                    @Aqua-Letifer said in Another Michelin Starred Restaurant Closes:

                    @Doctor-Phibes said in Another Michelin Starred Restaurant Closes:

                    Oh God, not the fucking tipping debate again.

                    You do know why Ax posted this, don't you?

                    Enlighten me, how do you see posting this news article about a Michelin starred restaurant closing in Belfast, Ireland support either side of the tipping debate one way or another.

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                    @Axtremus said in Another Michelin Starred Restaurant Closes:

                    @Aqua-Letifer said in Another Michelin Starred Restaurant Closes:

                    @Doctor-Phibes said in Another Michelin Starred Restaurant Closes:

                    Oh God, not the fucking tipping debate again.

                    You do know why Ax posted this, don't you?

                    Enlighten me, how do you see posting this news article about a Michelin starred restaurant closing in Belfast, Ireland support either side of the tipping debate one way or another.

                    Well, you have a long track record of not engaging in good faith discussions.

                    Please love yourself.

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                    • Aqua LetiferA Aqua Letifer

                      @Doctor-Phibes said in Another Michelin Starred Restaurant Closes:

                      Oh God, not the fucking tipping debate again.

                      You do know why Ax posted this, don't you? It's the same reason why he's the first to post stories of ousted GOP politicians and Catholic Church scandals. His motivation is not exactly in the service of public interest.

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                      @Aqua-Letifer said in Another Michelin Starred Restaurant Closes:

                      You do know why Ax posted this, don't you? It's the same reason why he's the first to post stories of ousted GOP politicians and Catholic Church scandals. His motivation is not exactly in the service of public interest.

                      I have no freaking idea. It's just a bloody restaurant closing down. It happens all the time. We might as well start threads about how expensive it is to own a boat.

                      If Jamie Oliver and Gordon Ramsey can't manage to keep all their places in business, what hope is there for normal folk?

                      I was only joking

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