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Article #802Re: What am I missing?
From: Dog Face
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 19:57
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 news:Xns95216684DADE9warnockawcubedcom@216.196.97.136... > 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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