reservation at per se?

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Does this mean my plane ticket is not in the mail?

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[/quote]Does this mean my plane ticket is not in the mail?[/quote]

sad to say, no. going to lincoln tomorrow night to eat j benno’s food. may be as close to per se as i get [head-bang.gif]

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Not to hijack, but I’ve never gotten the dining alone thing at a really nice restaurant. At a sports bar, where you can watch a football game or read the paper, sure, but at a restaurant like Per Se, what do you do with yourself for 3 hours? Stare at folks between bites?

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I have a book to recommend to you (and to all the people who get asked that question):

http://www.amazon.com/Quiet-Power-Introverts-World-Talking/dp/0307352153

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barry
i was hoping for 4 hours, not 3

m
book sounds like a cool read

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If you don’t have a significant other, and you don’t have a friend willing or able to go to a particular restaurant with you, should you just forego trying a restaurant you really want to go to?
I eat out alone all the time. It doesn’t bother me at all.

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I almost always eat at the bar when traveling…saves from this…

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Mark, it is a 3 hour meal at best. I went with a friend and his wife for their anniversary. After 2.5 hours, we got asked for the third or 4th time if we wanted a “private” tour of the kitchen. They made it plenty clear that it was time to go. We got the cursory 5 minute tour of the kitchen, they then showed us the door and literally took a full wine glass out of my friend’s hand (with 1990 non-vineyard Giacosa Riserva, no less).

I was not impressed by this, to say the least.

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Sounds like my little soiree for one in The Salon on a Monday night was the way to go, for a lot of reasons.

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Or this:

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"they then showed us the door and literally took a full wine glass out of my friend’s hand (with 1990 non-vineyard Giacosa Riserva, no less).

as in physically removed the glass from the hand? it would have to be a very big waiter!

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Per Se definitely does not like 3-tops either. Looks on opentable and there is a lot of availability over the next few weeks for 4 (even this friday at 8!) but only one of those slots shows up if you search for 3.

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received a conviluted email from amex saying that they can’t directly make my reservation and that i should be receiving a call from the restaurant. that was 10/30 and i have yet to get a call.
sounds like i’ll be heading to emp in the near future, which isn’t too much of a punishment [cheers.gif]

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Not willing to give the “my date should be here any moment” to “damn, she can’t make it?” while you are being seated? I guess by now they probably know who you are, and given that you have to give them a copy of your birth certificate in order to confirm…

And in the “for what it’s worth column,” the food I had at EMP the one time I went there did not even come close to what I was served recently a la carte at Per Se. And yes, I realize it is difficult to totally judge a restaurant’s “worthiness” by one visit, but sometimes that’s what you’ve got.

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my experience regarding the food is the same as yours merrill
thanks for all the input on this topic btw

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Hacker Table ALWAYS has FL reservations available. There is one on there RIGHT now for next monday.
http://www.hackertable.com

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looks like only for 2 or 4 people
(oh yeah, and it’s also the wrong coast [wink.gif] )

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oops. dyslexic. you said per se and i immediately thought french laundry. still, you could fly out and pay for two [wow.gif]

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Or Mark could take me up on my very generous offer. Works out to the same, and he would not have to endure a United flight [wow.gif].