Sunday, February 26, 2006
Entertainment Book Restaurant Review
Mrs. Friendly and I have made a deal. Every week we will have dinner at some restaurant currently offering a discount in the Entertainment Book. You, the lucky reader, will benefit from this program when you find out if the restaurant is worth going to with/without the coupon.
Let's give a big Mr. Friendly welcome to our first contestant...The Grecian Gardens of Clifton Park. Mrs. Friendly and I got $25 discount for purchasing the entertainment book. Grecian sports a Greek diner type menu with some additions: pizza and greek dishes.
Ok, so the host sits us down. While waiting for the waitress we see the following: Busboy/waiter dumps dishes into one of those carts with the stackable bins. He does this so hard that dish debris goes flying all over the carpet. Busboy waiter pays no notice and runs off to his other duties. The host saw the incident and tells Busboy/waiter what happened. The following is a verbatim exchange:
Host: Hey Biff...Biff...uuuuuhhhh,Biff!
(pause)
Host: Biff...Hey Biff...Biff, come here!
(pause, then the host runs off)
(Biff and the host return)
Host: See, you did that! I saw you man!
Biff:(pause) Did Not!
Host: You did man! I saw you!
Biff: I don't know! Are you sure, man?
Host: YES! I f..(he did not drop the f-bomb) saw you!
Me: You did it Biff!
The food could not live up to the floor show. Mrs. F. ordered Eggplant Parm. It rated an OK but the eggplant was a little mushy. I estimated that there was plenty of sauce and cheese but I guess, the real draw to eggplamt parm might be the eggplant. So, Mrs. Friendly gives it an "I wouldn't go out of my way" rating.
Your gracious blogger had a steak sammich. Let's just suppose you are going to make steak sammich at home. Suppose you had 4 Steak Ums in the freezer. When you made your sammich, would you stop at 2 Steak Ums? Would you try to save some cash or would you just say "aw, fug it?" The fugs at the Grecian Garden tried to save money. BOOOOO for them.
The bill was 30.07 before the discount. With the $25 discount, we ate for free basically. After tipping Biff's associate, we were stuck for about $11. Not bad considering we got dinner and theatre.
All in all. The Friendly's rate the Grecian Garden as "OK" with the discount. "Stay away" without the discount! If you do go, tell them you want to see the "Biff Show."
Next review: The Friendly's cause international incident at Koto's of Colonie.
Til then, may all your eggplant be firm and all your steak sandwiches have more than 2 pieces of Steak Ums. ¶ 9:57 AM
Let's give a big Mr. Friendly welcome to our first contestant...The Grecian Gardens of Clifton Park. Mrs. Friendly and I got $25 discount for purchasing the entertainment book. Grecian sports a Greek diner type menu with some additions: pizza and greek dishes.
Ok, so the host sits us down. While waiting for the waitress we see the following: Busboy/waiter dumps dishes into one of those carts with the stackable bins. He does this so hard that dish debris goes flying all over the carpet. Busboy waiter pays no notice and runs off to his other duties. The host saw the incident and tells Busboy/waiter what happened. The following is a verbatim exchange:
Host: Hey Biff...Biff...uuuuuhhhh,Biff!
(pause)
Host: Biff...Hey Biff...Biff, come here!
(pause, then the host runs off)
(Biff and the host return)
Host: See, you did that! I saw you man!
Biff:(pause) Did Not!
Host: You did man! I saw you!
Biff: I don't know! Are you sure, man?
Host: YES! I f..(he did not drop the f-bomb) saw you!
Me: You did it Biff!
The food could not live up to the floor show. Mrs. F. ordered Eggplant Parm. It rated an OK but the eggplant was a little mushy. I estimated that there was plenty of sauce and cheese but I guess, the real draw to eggplamt parm might be the eggplant. So, Mrs. Friendly gives it an "I wouldn't go out of my way" rating.
Your gracious blogger had a steak sammich. Let's just suppose you are going to make steak sammich at home. Suppose you had 4 Steak Ums in the freezer. When you made your sammich, would you stop at 2 Steak Ums? Would you try to save some cash or would you just say "aw, fug it?" The fugs at the Grecian Garden tried to save money. BOOOOO for them.
The bill was 30.07 before the discount. With the $25 discount, we ate for free basically. After tipping Biff's associate, we were stuck for about $11. Not bad considering we got dinner and theatre.
All in all. The Friendly's rate the Grecian Garden as "OK" with the discount. "Stay away" without the discount! If you do go, tell them you want to see the "Biff Show."
Next review: The Friendly's cause international incident at Koto's of Colonie.
Til then, may all your eggplant be firm and all your steak sandwiches have more than 2 pieces of Steak Ums. ¶ 9:57 AM
