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Old Nov 12, 2015 | 2:04 am
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Recently, I've noticed a lot of restaurants using the phrase Market Price, or some variation of this on items that have limited quantities. If I want that, then I need to ask how much it costs, which is 1- unnecessary imo and 2- people sitting within earshot of me with my wife may jump to unwarranted conclusions about me (of the "cheapskate" variety) and undue pressure on my wife. Who knows, maybe the oysters on the half shell listed cost $100. I don't know because it's not printed on the menu.

"We just have Bud Light, Miller Lite, Heineken, mass produced beer A and mass produced beer B on tap, everything else is in bottles."

Servers who have no idea on how to recommend a wine pairing with a main course, but do anyways. This is shockingly creeping into higher end establishments where they think it's unnecessary to pay a sommelier to be on their staff.
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