better order sliders instead
everyone loves a happy hour. the booze are cheap and usually the crap food is even cheaper. revelers at mccormick and schmick’s found out that they can order and eat all they want while in the restaurant but anything they don’t finish must stay in the restaurant–doggy bags are not allowed. a customer at jennifer relayed the following story to the consumerist website (text from the email below is a letter she sent to mccormick and schmick’s management):
“My boyfriend and I enjoyed a couple of beers and cheeseburgers at the McCormick and Schmick’s [redacted] Location happy hour last Friday. My boyfriend, however, only finished half of his burger and nearly none of his order of garlic fries. As we asked for the bill, not wanting to waste the food, we also asked for a to go box. The hostess initially took our food, but she came back rather quickly, advising us that no happy hour food could be taken to go, with no exceptions.
I was terribly disappointed in the restaurant’s rigid rule, mostly because the rule clearly promotes and even encourages the wasting of food, which is simply unacceptable.”
the management responded to the disappointed diner and gave the following rationale:
“As the items offered are not a profit center for us this does not benefit the restaurant and can actually hurt it. The purpose of our Happy Hour offerings is to offer guests an incentive to enjoy great inexpensive food items while enjoying cocktails at the same time, it is not meant to be a buffet to take home. Though I realize that was not the case in your instance, that is what it becomes to many of our guests when food is allowed to be taken out. That is why we prominentlydisplay the legend “No To Go Food” on the Happy Hour Menu.”
i think it’s pretty cool that the management responded to jennifer but i think the answer is a little weird. basically, mccormick and schmick’s would rather throw away food than let a customer take it away. i also think it’s kinda grodie that jennifer’s boyfriend wanted to take home half a cheeseburger and fries to eat later (um, ew).
but all of that aside, next time order sliders instead of the big bad burger and fries.
photo courtesy of jeffrey allen
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