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Re: What am I missing?

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From: Dog Face
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 19:57
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What restaurant, if I may ask?  I'm always looking for places around
Annapolis with good wine lists.

"Archie Warnock" <awarnock@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Went into a restaurant the other night here in Annapolis, MD.  They have a
> very nice wine list, featuring a goodly number of Spanish wines in a range
> of prices.  Obviously, a considerable amount of thought has gone into
> developing the list.
>
> 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?
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