🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <b0vl7q$a33$1@machaut.medieval.org>,
Todd Michel McComb <mccomb@medieval.org> wrote:
>
>I'm mainly concerned with the food.  Admittedly, sitting near loud,
>obnoxious people is unpleasant, and can be a difficult quandary for
>any restaurant.  I haven't personally had that problem at Bistro
>Jeanty.  We also particularly like some of the dishes, such as the
>pig's feet.


Of course the food is the main concern, but my point is that a similar
meal can be obtained many other, more pleasant places. If the food was
so much better than the competition then perhaps the atmosphere would be
less important. It isn't. Or perhaps if it was so much cheaper than the
competition then the atmosphere could be ignored. It isn't. So what is
the allure? It's a good restaurant, but not distinguished in any way.


>The test I'm applying here is very simple:  If the restaurant were
>in my town, would I go?  Bistro Jeanty, yes.  Ahwahnee, no.  (Tra
>Vigne rates a maybe.)


Kind of a silly test. This depends a lot on your town first of all. That
aside, there are restaurants I frequent for cheap fare that I still don't
consider all that good - and there are far better restaurants that I do
not visit because at that price point there are better alternatives. I
found both Bistro Jeanty and Tra Vigne to be average for their price
points. That is, neither of them were bad enough to rule out another
visit. However, neither of them were good enough to halt my search for
something better. If the only three restaurants in my town were Jeanty,
Tra Vigne, and the Ahwahnee then, based on my recent meals, I'd probably
go to all three. However, if I wanted to treat myself to a special night
out I'd choose Ahwahnee over the other two. Of course, this is based on
only a single meal at each.


Dimitri