. "2011-05-25T00:00:00"^^ . "2"^^ . "1"^^ . "There are three things I can always count on when I eat at Baton Rouge (which we do every year since it's basically connected to the hotel my colleagues and I stay at while in Toronto):\n\n1. One of us (if not more) will have something spilled on us during the meal by one of the servers. So far, it's been beer, cocktails, and a basket of tortilla chips. \n\n2. While the hostesses/bartenders are always friendly and awesome, the waitstaff will be awkward, make weird, uncomfortable comments to us while ordering and during the meal (and we're a pretty thick skinned, easy to please crowd), and either ignore things like water refills, or be overly attentive and try to take our plates away AS we are still eating off of them and come back every few minutes asking if we are done yet. This last trip, we had about 12 people with us and at the end of the meal when the bill came, we handed them a card. The server asked \"So, everythign on the card?\" \"Yes, please put the whole meal on the card.\" \"Are you sure? So, everything? All of the meals?\" I mean...nothing terrible but just kind of redundant and unnecessary.\n\n3. At the end of the whole experience, we all walk away feeling kind of weirded out by the vibe, and those of us who don't eat ribs unsatisfied with our meals while those who did get the ribs can at least say that they are really good.\n\nTo be fair, the cesar salad is tasty and the rest of the salads are HUGE and decent. The salad with chicken fingers looks good. So are the mashed potatoes.\n\nNEVER order the side of baked beans, they suck, kind of taste like medicine, and are lukewarm and chunky in a mysterious way. \n\nNext year, I'll probably skip out on this experience and opt for one of the other restaurants in the area."^^ . . "2"^^ . "0"^^ . .