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| - I prefer to focus only on places who deserve positive reviews. But I've decided I want to try to help prevent anyone from experiencing what I did last night. This place is what you would consider "a hole in the wall", and I actually don't mean that in a negative way. They can be some of the best restaurants. Anyway, we walked in and it was a very small space with about 6 tables, and an open kitchen that extended into the dining area. It was a little different, but has nothing to do with my negative rating. The waiter was a very polite younger guy. The menu was very small, with very limited selection. I inquired about a pasta dish they had, and was told I could order it with a sauce of my choice. My favorite is Alfredo. The pasta was going to include a variety of vegetables, which personally I didn't desire. I nicely asked the waiter if they'd be willing to make the pasta with just the Alfredo sauce, and not include the vegetables. And I stated if not, then it wasn't a big deal. The waiter asked the chef, and came back to let me know it wasn't a problem. Great, thank you. Our dinners included salad, and eventually I thought bread and oil would be brought as well. It never was, and I assumed since it was such a small place that maybe they didn't have the funding for that type of thing. We received our caesar salad, which looked nothing like the picture someone previously posted. In fact, I don't believe it was a ceasar salad at all. I'm not a lettuce expert but it wasn't romain, the dressing was very odd tasting, and there were no croutons. The salad tasted like I was eating a very sour and bitter grass. In my opinion, it wasn't edible. In fact, I took 2 bites and then set it aside. So as we are sitting at the table waiting for our dinner, the chef starts yelling at our waiter that he doesn't make custom orders. Yep, right in the middle of the restaurant everyone can hear the chef complaining about my simple Alfredo pasta with no vegetables. Now wait a minute...I nicely asked, didn't demand, and I was told it was okay. And I said if it couldn't be done that it wasn't an issue. So now I'm incredibly uncomfortable, embarrassed, and felt unwelcome. I wanted to leave as soon as possible after that; however, because they only have one chef, who is also the owner, cooking for everyone, we waited over an hr just to get our meals. The dinner was nothing special, and certainly not worth the wait. But at least it was edible. After we finished our dinner, I realized that the other tables were given bread and oil. I'm sorry, but that's flat out rude. Whether it was out of spitefulness over a simple Alfredo pasta, or because we weren't "regulars" I felt it was very unprofessional and petty that we weren't given something as simple as some bread and oil. And no, it wasn't something extra on the menu you had to order. It was very obvious that we intentionally weren't offered. I even wonder now if we intentionally weren't given caesar salads out of spite. I gave one star because our waiter was very sweet, despite his boss treating him badly numerous times. And one star for the dinner being edible. I've never had such a negative and uncomfortable dining experience. And if the chef/owner only wants to provide friendly service to his "regulars", then he shouldn't be open to the general public, only to be a jerk to you and then want your money. If I want to be treated like crap I can get that for free.
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