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| - The Mr. and Mrs. have eaten at the McC & Schm in Bridgewater, NJ, with family. The Mr. enjoyed his meal at that locale. The Mrs. does not remember what she ate, but probably nothing memorable or out of the ordinary.
Recently when the Mrs. accompanied colleagues to an early lunch at this McC & Schm on South Tryon Street in Charlotte, NC, she was expecting nothing out of the ordinary again.
The Mrs. wanted a meal without any fish or meat, but there were no enticing vegetarian offerings. So she asked the very nice server if she could have the salmon rigatoni ($14) minus the salmon. The accommodation could be made. Nice.
The bowl of rigatoni contained small pieces of asparagus stalks and mushroom shreds. a tiny bit of artichoke, and a very liquid pesto cream sauce (not very pesto-ey tasting). No problem. It was more important to enjoy this lunch with the colleagues.
The Mrs. ate only half the bowl of soupy rigatoni, then the nice server boxed up the other half to take back to the office and finish later.
The surprise came when the bill arrived. There was no price reduction for leaving out the salmon from the dish. It was full price, without the top-billed salmon. The server informed no accommodation could be made on the price. The total bill, including tax and very nice tip, came out to $19.
Upon returning to the office, the Mrs.' very sensitive stomach was unhappy; perhaps it was the cream sauce. She threw out the uneaten boxed half of this meal.
This lunch of half a bowl of meatless/fishless pasta wound up costing $19. Way too expensive for an adult-focused fast-food chain-restaurant.
The service was nice, the food not so much. It was the service which earned it the rating.
NOTE: This meal was not on a work expense account.
The Mrs. does not think it is worth going back.
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