Restaurants

When was the last time you read 'Fried Chicken Livers' on a restaurant menu? It's probably been awhile because most establishments tend to dress up the names of their dishes to entice customers into trying them. Thanks to popular restaurant menu psychology, you're frequently being tricked into believing there is something special about a particular dish, when often it's pretty standard fare. That's not to say the Fried Chicken Livers aren't delicious. But when they're listed on the … [Read more...]

Do you know the top 10 mistakes restaurant goers make when dining out?  These are in addition to the unforgivable mistake of ordering a steak well-done, and the classic mistake of asking for salt at a fine restaurant. I think the best one is: "If there's a Help Wanted sign in the window, take your business elsewhere."  You don't want to be the first person to break in the new chef, do you?  (It might be that he was just promoted from … [Read more...]

My wife and I eat out all most every Friday evening. There's something about the idea of coming home and cooking another meal on that last working day of the week that's just too much to bear. An occasional modest meal at almost any restaurant can be enough to finish out the week on a positive note. When we go out for supper, 90% of the time we aim to keep the total tab within a dollar either way of a 20 dollar bill. That's a petty cheap evening out even for our midwest city of … [Read more...]