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On Fri, 09 Jul 2004 09:04:40 -0500, Archie Warnock <awarnock@yahoo.com> wrote:

>When you're seated at the table, they bring menus but don't bring the wine 
>list.  You have to ask for it when the wait(person) comes to the table.  
>Now, what possible business reason would any restaurant have - let alone 
>one that actually features a decent wine selection - to _not_ give you the 
>wine list with the menus?  Is it to force me to have to ask for it for some 
>reason?  Is it to encourage me to buy something else? 
>
>It happens frequently - this place isn't unique - so I'm thinking there's 
>some deep secret of the restaurant business that I'm not privy to.  Why are 
>they hiding things they sell from their customers?

Well, it's clearly your fault for not drinking enough wine to begin with, or you
wouldn't be here rousing rabble.

But seriously (hi, Archie), I notice this too in approximately one third of the
"better" restaurants we visit. Not the IaLWs, or the Charlestons, but the second
tier.

I wonder if they want you to have a cocktail first? And if you did, would the
wine list arrive tout suite without request following delivery of the drinks?

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http://www.pedigreequery.com/index.php?query_type=horse&search_bar=horse&h=TOUT+SUITE)

Regards,
Larry