dining out

I went to a steakhouse with my mom yesterday. When we got the check, I saw that they automatically added 18% tip to the bill. That is not right. They shouldn’t decide for me how much tip I give them or that I give them any tip at...

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Automatic tip

Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (52144) • Staten Island, New York 16 Nov

tipping

Back in 2018, I went out with my cousins to a popular restaurant in Manhattan called Zuma. I think it was for someone’s birthday. After the waiter brought us the bill we divided the total among everyone except the birthday person....

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134% tip

Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (52144) • Staten Island, New York 21 Oct

I’m going to an Uzbeki restaurant for dinner tonight. My mom’s friend is taking my mom and I there. He said he was there once and the food was delicious. Hope that’s the case now. We originally planned to go there in the...

tips

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Trying out a new restaurant

Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (52144) • Staten Island, New York 16 Aug

Went to a restaurant with my mom this past Saturday. We each got an order of chicken and waffles and we shared a plate of three potato pancakes. The chicken and waffles dish had way too many potato slices and only a few fairly...

uzbeki restaurant

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Restaurant was a miss

Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (52144) • Staten Island, New York 1 Jul

restaurant

I just saw a post on Facebook that said how to tip a server. They showed a total amount, said to move the decimal point one to the left (that’s 10%) and then multiply by three. That comes out to a 30% tip. This followed by the...

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Tipping 30%?

Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (52144) • Staten Island, New York 11 Jan 25

Restaurant week is going to start soon here in NYC. A three-course dinner (appetizer, main course, and dessert) is $45/person + tax and tip. Drinks or coffee/tea not included. You can go to expensive restaurants and try their food...

tips

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Restaurant week is coming up

Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (52144) • Staten Island, New York 14 Jul 24

restaurant week

nyc

Tomorrow is my mother-in-law’s birthday. We are going to an Italian restaurant to celebrate. Interesting how I didn’t even know there was an Italian restaurant in the neighborhood where we are going. I’m really looking forward...

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Going to an Italian restaurant

Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (52144) • Staten Island, New York 15 Aug 23

italian restaurant

birthday

For some reason, it seems we end up eating at Big Louie's a couple of times a month for either a 5 top pizza or a main course from their lunch menu. Is it because of their garlic rolls or because whatever we order is good, filling...

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A PERSON HAS TO EAT!

GreatMartin @GreatMartin (23670) • Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 6 Aug 23

Silly me! I thought with COVID more or less in control and inflation not as high as it was that restaurant prices would start going down but doesn't look that way! As always we hit Big Louie's at least once a month and each time I...

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EATING OUT--JUNE 2023--PART 2

GreatMartin @GreatMartin (23670) • Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 24 Jun 23

Whether it is starting with a 6" turkey sandwich from Subway or a chicken/pecan sandwich or a Rueban sandwich from Arby's or a chicken parmigiana with pasta and garlic rolls at Big Louie's or shrimp with linguini at JMark's or a...

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FOOD GLORIOUS FOOD

GreatMartin @GreatMartin (23670) • Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 17 May 23

I 'discovered' Cabo Blanco by going to my eye doctor when the former was on Oakland Park Boulevard in a shopping center just west of Dixie Highway. A few years later they moved to their new location which wasn't as convenient as...

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CABO BLANCO RESTAURANT REVIEW FORT LAUDERDALE

GreatMartin @GreatMartin (23670) • Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 2 Apr 23

From good to bad or in this a misstep by Quarterdeck making it going from bad to bad. (When was the last time you were to or had KFC? DON'T!) We went to The Quarterdeck, which I really like for its Jambalaya, on St. Patrick's Day...

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SURPRISE---NOT!!! ME TALKING ABOUT FOOD--AGAIN!

GreatMartin @GreatMartin (23670) • Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 22 Mar 23

There are times when I am dining out somewhere and the waiter keeps coming up to the table many times to ask if everything is okay. Doing it once in a while is fine but constantly doing it becomes very annoying. Just let me...

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What do you do if you're unhappy with your food or dining experience?

Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (52144) • Staten Island, New York 18 Mar 23

Being a creature of habit--of which I am--I pick certain restaurants for certain foods and, most times when I deviate I am sorry afterward. For instance, when I want a cheese omelet with a side of pancakes I head directly for IHOP...

restaurant

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EATING OUT MARCH 2023 PART 2

GreatMartin @GreatMartin (23670) • Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 11 Mar 23

(ARGH!! I DON'T BELIEVE I DELETED THIS WHOLE POST BY HITTING THE WRONG KEY WHEN I WAS FINISHED!) 1) It had been a long time since I was to the Cafe Vico--one of my favorite restaurants where I had one of my best Leap Year...

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EATING OUT FT. LAUDERDALE MARCH 2023 PART 1

GreatMartin @GreatMartin (23670) • Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 7 Mar 23

I've been eating out for years--well decades--on Thursdays and Fridays--mostly with restaurants I am familiar with but every once in a while I'll try a new place and surprise! Surprise! It becomes a regular stop. It happened last...

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EATING OUT FEBRUARY 2023

GreatMartin @GreatMartin (23670) • Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 23 Feb 23

I thought for sure it wouldn't happen until Monday, but nope, work is starting to pick up. A few of my favorite teams have added work over the week, but this team is my favorite, so I'm a happy camper right now. I'm going to eat...

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Yay, Work Has Picked Up...and Other Things.

Tammy @tammys85 (31394) • Baltimore, Maryland 3 Feb 23

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JANUARY 2023

GreatMartin @GreatMartin (23670) • Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 31 Jan 23

And the New Year is already flying by--I guess that is what happens when you are having 'fun' if fun is defined as doctor visits such as my going to a psychiatrist today and he didn't know why I was there and I didn't know why I...

Surprise! Surprise! The first picture is only ONE of close to 500 I have of the pizza I order at Big Louie's when we go there--a medium with pepperoni, mushrooms, onions, sausage and meatball. Okay, enough pictures of food and...

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TYING UP ODDS & ENDS OF 2022 PART 3

GreatMartin @GreatMartin (23670) • Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 7 Jan 23