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| - Let me start of by saying I LOVE food, great service, I like to share the enormous portions served in restaurants, drink water with lemon and I do not drink alcoholic beverages. I know, I scream cheapskate, but I think I deserve a decent 2.5 star experience, at least for the food. Most places meet or exceed my expectations. Guiseppes did not.
And there comes a time when my youthful, ethnic appearance, water with lemon, request to share, and sober living is met with that "I am not going to make money off of you" vibe from the owner. It hasn't happened in a very long time, but Guiseppes proved their still is bad service reserved for their unwanted patrons.
I was very excited to eat here seeing it on Diners Driveins and Dives on Food Network, my favorite food network show, and seeing all of the New Times best of awards. Got there at 8:30pm Friday night, there were people waiting outside, thought it was a good sign. Now I thought being in a strip mall, next to the water N ice store, the service would be warm and welcoming and the place would be chock full of non-dbags. I am always cool waiting a bit for good food but being stared down by rich, overweight women with their husbands in flip flops, cargo shorts and Affliction tees and teenage platinum blondes with their smug smiling boyfriends in their flip flops, plaid shorts, and Affliction tees is never my cup of tea.
Fast forward 30 minutes of this ish we get seated, another 10 minutes menus, another 10 minutes a water and a watered down gross iced tea which they CHARGED us for even though she took it back and gave him water, and by 9:30pm we get our 15dollar saltysaltysalty bolognese ragu with overcooked spaghetti (we didn't get the homemade pasta) to share, 4dollar baby 1/2 inch thin toastettes, and 2dollar marinara bowl for dipping. (FYI this is an Italian Restaurant that not only makes you pay for an ounce of bread, they also CHARGE for extra virgin olive oil)
So go to Guiseppes if you like:
_"EH" Italian Food
_Cold and dry humor from the owner
_Slow waitresses
_Being stared at by stuffy people in such an unlikely, un-stuffy atmosphere
_Your hopes let down =) Enjoy!
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