1 /5 Miriam Gourdine: It was extremely obvious that we were going to be treated poorly after we were put into a corner obscured from view and given honestly the worst service I have experienced in my adult life dining out.
Mind you, as a middle class black person, I grew up seeing my military Colonel father be given poor service off the assumption he would not tip. Having something similar happen to me was disheartening. I give people a lot of grace as prior to my professional career, I worked in the food service industry as a waitress at three different restaurants. As a former police officer and just someone who is not stupid when it comes to deciphering things, it was clearly obvious the cooks had completed our food, it was sitting on a window to be picked up for several minutes before a chef brought it out right before the temp would have been too low to serve us. They said the plate was hot but I immediately picked it up with both hands lukewarm. There are basic chemistry equations to calculate the amount of heat lost over time in a room temperature environment, you don’t need to lie to me or assume my friend who works for the local university and I deserve to be given poor quality of service off your assumptions. I have never tipped sub 20 percent in the past eight years except last night. No water brought, did not check on is at all besides an inordinate amount of time and I requested the check in a cordial yet firm manner. I would not recommend any LGBTQ visible people come here. I try to give people a chance and normally do not make a move of writing poor reviews. Last week a waitress spilled tea on me at a place in Belleville, it was a total accident and stuff happens I’m not that type of person.
This was unacceptably poor service that made me feel I wasted my money and also supported the mistreatment of my friend who asked me if I get worse service when I go to places with him which was quite sad.
