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| - Yesterday, I telephoned Archibald's and asked if they were serving a traditional Thanksgiving dinner on Thanksgiving. The lady told me that such a meal was being served on Sunday and the Holiday Monday. I thanked her and said I would be there on Thanksgiving to partake.
I arrived at 5:30 PM and much to my shock and dismay, the waitress informed me that they had sold out of the Thanksgiving meal the day before. NEEDLESS TO SAY. I was peeved because I had been looking forward to turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy and stuffing for the past 24 hours.
HOW IS IT POSSIBLE for a pub as experienced as Archibald's to fail so badly? When I arrived, there were about 6 other patrons seated and no one else arrived prior to me leaving. No menu was provided by the waitress but she did have a list of about 4 specials jotted down in her notebook, which she read to me. The meal I selected was a $14.000 chicken dish with oversize noodles, tomatoes and green onions. It was far too spicy to my liking and I did not come there to eat Sechuan food. After all, this is a pub that should be serving Canadian fare.
I was seated near two Neanderthal's who could not form a single sentence without the word LIKE or some variation of the F-bomb. Other than this overpriced plate of spicy spaghetti, nothing else came with the meal. All in all, it was a miserable experience that left me with zero desire to ever return.
Apparently, Archibald's has no clue on how to run a pub. Put the specials down on a daily menu that you can print out on your computer. Not doing so makes you look cheap and incompetent. Do not run out of a Holiday special the day before the Holiday. That makes you look stupid.
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