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Would you go back to this cafe?

Asked by Dutchess_III (46841points) July 28th, 2017

I’ve been seeing posts by the chef of this cafe that opened up in town about 2 years ago. It kept talking about salmon and steaks and lasagna. Breads and soups.
On Saturday we took my son and his wife and 4 kids to dinner, and decided to try that place.
Walked in about 6:30. The place was empty.
Two men were behind the counter. They barely even greeted us.
I asked for a menu.
One guy indicated a chalk board sitting on the floor, propped up against the wall, and said, “That’s the menu.”
I said, “Don’t you have paper menus we can sit and look at?”
He said, “We’re a cafe. That’s how cafes do it, on chalk board.”
So I’m standing there with my husband, son, DIL wanting to get these kids corralled, you know?
I didn’t see anything on the menu I thought they’d like but it was hard to concentrate.
Then the guy said, “Oh. Well. That’s Monday’s menu, anyway.”
At that point we all quietly turned and quietly walked out.

A couple of days later I caught up to the chef on FB, and had a talk with him. Told him how we’d left.
He said, “I take it you didn’t see anything on the menu you liked?”
I said, “That’s just it. There WAS no menu!”
He said something about having certain foods only on certain days.
And we went back and forth, civilly. I got the distinct impression his attitude was like, “Well, you don’t like it, don’t eat here!”
Um. OK.
This ain’t Greenwich village, you know. It’s a small mid-western town. It’s just not going to fly.
Besides, we have a coffee house / cafe up by the college. They’ve been there for 10 years. They even have menus!
We had another restaurant open up about 3 years ago. It tried to put on NYC airs. White table cloths, flowers in the middle of the tables. The wait staff wore black pants and white shirts.
Food was edible and very expensive.
They closed down earlier this year.

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