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Old Oct 18, 2009 | 12:35 pm
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Originally Posted by neuron
I find the Robin-hate on the show kinda sad. From what I have seen, she does not deserve the nastiness of her fellow cheftestants.
Yes. She does.

She was a complete tyrant in her restaurant in Seattle (now closed) which we thought was pretty decent in a few visits. Turned out our visits happened to occur when she wasn't in the house. Once we went back and she was there... buh bye.

The capper was when my wife and a business associate (both pretty mild professional women) were having coffee and dessert one evening, following a meal in which both entrees had to be returned for having been bad or cold, and in one case, wrong. Robin came up to their table with the bill, slammed it on the table, and barked, "You have to leave. We need your table," and marched away. (There were several empty tables, and nobody waiting in the rain outside.)

Other acquaintances who used to go there said they quit for similar reasons. There are too many other decent restaurants in Seattle, and no reason to frequent one operated by a whackdoodle.
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