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| - We are so disappointed! My partner in crime and I had a date there a few weeks ago as we were feeling the desire for some pasta. So I ordered their Fettucini Alfredo with Ham and Egg and she ordered the Fettuccine Arrabiata.
They were good portions and the food had a very homey, low-key and unpretentious vibe to it and the wine we had went well with our meal.
"I have been meaning to come here for ages," I said to her, "I am happy we both like it, specially since their website is broken and there is no online menu..." I remember saying...
Yet, overall we thought of it as a rustic, straightforward locale and we made a point to return again for some of their pizza.
So we did that this weekend after working out and we were starving. We ordered the straight and simple 'sauce and cheese' with goat cheese as an extra topic. The pizza came fast and we began munching away. To be honest the pizza was pretty good, not Italy-good but not bad at all.
Then suddenly, as we chatted, finishing our acqua gassata. when and without much aplomb, a black mouse scurried right through middle of the dinning area. Just like that. Comfortable and assured, as if it owned the place.
So as we both stared quietly, Mickey made a dash for the wall and still in full view, my GF asked, "Uh, should we say something?" ...As we were the only ones who noticed him, it was just hanging there for a few seconds, under a random table.
I got up and walked pretty close to where it was, and once he saw me he ran past the bar and into the kitchen. Not even 6-7 feet from me.
'Hi," I said in a hushed tone, "Just to let you know, you got a mouse right here," pointing towards where I had just seen Mickey dash into the bar.
Now, there were two servers at the bar, a younger girl and an older gentleman. The young girl was surprised and said "WHERE?!"
The older gentlemen, said nothing and quietly went into the kitchen, and came out a minute later and just asked "Where is the mouse?" to the young girl and that was it. They said nothing else or did nothing beyond that and it is THIS attitude which truly disappointed us.
Look, if you really think about it realistically, all restaurants may or can have some sort of vermin. It is just a fact. I mean, if you ever see one mouse in your home it does not imply that you are a pig, right?
However as customers we try not think of that for the sake of our dining experience and the fact that no one wants to think there are mice in the kitchen snacking on the nuts that are going to end up on your salad. ;-)
What troubled us was the older man --who looked like an owner/manager and who seemed to *KNOW* they had mice, as he seemed, oh, so not-surprised.
He said nothing and nonchalantly seemed to ignored the importance of a customer telling him he had seen a mouse running calmly THROUGH THEIR DINNING ROOM FLOOR... Unlike the young girl who raised her voiced in surprise and actually began actively looking for it.
At one point the cook came out to the bar for a minute and looked at us and then went back to the kitchen. Apparently no other customers noticed.
FUN FACT: Mice are animals who live in constant fear of being eaten and as such they naturally tend to travel next to walls to minimize getting surprised by predators. If a mouse feels comfortable running through open spaces it is because they *feel* safe. QUESTION: Why would a mouse feel comfortable running through an open space in this restaurant? ...Not because a cat is going to feast on it, that's for sure.
If I was a manager, or heck an employee, I would have come out and offered some sort of well... anything! To acknowledge some sort of responsibility, ownership, perhaps offered to make amends somehow, anyhow! Even an empty apology would have helped. They are a restaurant after all!
Instead, nothing. Maybe it was because we had already paid? Who knows.
So we were just surprised. A bit disappointed in the end by having to finalize this Yelp review by stating:
We are never going back and I would suggest you do not go through our experience either.
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