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Downturn stalks the dining room

Unread postby Ferretlover » Sun 30 Mar 2008, 15:41:44

St. Paul Pioneer Press 30 Mar 2008 pg D1;by Jennifer Bjorhus
"The consumer spending gauge at Sage Market & Wine Bar is quivering. Even the relatively well-heeled clientele of this Mendota Heights eatery appear to be feeling some economic anxiety.
It's skipping the appetizers, skipping dessert, cutting back and ordering one less glass of wine... "It's just people cutting back a little bit," said General Manager Chris Dick. "I personally am doing the same. Instead of ribeyes, I'll have a flank." ... "

Gadzooks! Don't you all feel awful?!? Flank instead of Ribeye? What is this world coming to?!?
"Open the gates of hell!" ~Morgan Freeman's character in the movie, Olympus Has Fallen.
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Re: Downturn stalks the dining room

Unread postby skeptik » Sun 30 Mar 2008, 15:46:27

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ferretlover', 'G')adzooks! Don't you all feel awful?!? Flank instead of Ribeye? What is this world coming to?!?

Definitely TEOTWAWKI.
They'll be cutting down on the Burgundy and ordering Californian Pinot Noir next. The horror, the horror....
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Re: Downturn stalks the dining room

Unread postby hubbertspeak7777777 » Sun 30 Mar 2008, 19:49:10

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ferretlover', 'S')t. Paul Pioneer Press 30 Mar 2008 pg D1;by Jennifer Bjorhus
"The consumer spending gauge at Sage Market & Wine Bar is quivering. Even the relatively well-heeled clientele of this Mendota Heights eatery appear to be feeling some economic anxiety.
It's skipping the appetizers, skipping dessert, cutting back and ordering one less glass of wine... "It's just people cutting back a little bit," said General Manager Chris Dick. "I personally am doing the same. Instead of ribeyes, I'll have a flank." ... "

Gadzooks! Don't you all feel awful?!? Flank instead of Ribeye? What is this world coming to?!?


I can't wait until the day that the yuppy scumbags have to eat the leather seats of their luxury SUVS and drink their own piss to survive. Now, that would be great.
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Re: Downturn stalks the dining room

Unread postby Ainan » Sun 30 Mar 2008, 22:24:01

I don't know what all those things are but i'm sure it can't beat my east asian sushi rice in cupa miso soup! 50p a meal, this is as posh as i get. Only one bug found when soaking this rice too!
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