We decided to have lunch at the family-run sports pub. We were promptly seated. The waitress approached us and mumbled something. It was not, “Hello, and welcome to Ale Emporium.” After some quick processing, we figured out she asked us how many were in our...party. She then abruptly asked to see the driver’s license of a 40-year-old person in our party. Ok, are you Officer Krupke from West Side Story?
We ordered three entries. The food was delivered by someone else. When we finished, the dishes were cleared by yet another person. We had not seen our waitress once after we ordered the food.
The 30-minute “May I please have the bill?” wait began. We tried to get her attention. She never glanced our way. We walked near her new tables, but she never looked up. Houdini would have been proud of her disappearing act. We asked another server if he could get our bill. He returned five minutes later and said it would be a little longer.
Enough was enough. We calculated the bill in our heads, laid down the cash (plus tip) on the table and left.
If you don’t mind dining and then being left to your own devices on a 30-minute payment plan, Ale Emporium is your kind of place.More