🚀 go-pugleaf

My fiancee and I had an interesting experience which perhaps someone could
shed some light on.

Just for the heck of it, we went to a Rusty Pelican.  Never been there
before.  Had a long wait, on a Sunday night.  The restaurant was packed to
the gills.  But the service was slow and just poor.  They took forever with
everything, ignoring empty water glasses and waiting 10-15 minutes to fill
them once we asked for more.  The calamari appetizer was battered to the
point that you couldn't taste much.  Champagne (it was a special occasion,
her birthday) was okay, but overpriced.  Clam chowder (a favorite of mine)
had very little flavor or clams.  Steak was tough and without flavor.  (I
should have been clued in by the fact that they brought me A1 sauce.)  Did we
just hit this place on a bad night or is it always like this, and if the
latter, why is there such a wait for a table?  For the money ($50?) there are
other places we could have gone for a much better dinner.

On the positive side, we also just went to Dodsworth in Pasadena.  Food was
good and the service wonderful.  Hadn't been there in several years.
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