So I was at the pub the other night with my girlfriend having a couple drinks and waiting for my order when a small army of screaming children and old men and women troll in. They are seated, and they order. My fucking food comes almost 50 minutes later, and the kind waitress apologizes and tells us that 11 orders were ordered before us. I look around for any other huge group of drooling idiots and there are none. WTF we arrived a full 10 minutes before they even got themselves through the door. SECONDLY we had come the week before with my girlfriends sister and just as we sit down to order a waitress comes over and tells us we have to leave unless shes 19 because its a licensed bar and they could lose their license if she was caught there. WTF yeah ok, but a bunch of screaming kids is fucking fine. You know what? Fuck you, I moved to Halifax 2 years ago and your establishment was my first of such, and I haven’t really gone anywhere else. Well you can kiss my cash goodbye!
This article appears in Aug 7-13, 2008.
Fuck, I hate screaming children.As to your GF’s sister, there might have been something to that. The cutoff time for minors in bars in 9pm.
This sounds suspiciously like Maxwell’s Plum, which I have been kicked out of on numerous occasions for not having my ID on me. And yet I have been there numerous occasions and seen small children who are obviously under age by about, oh, 11 or so years.
And for some reason the times I am asked for my ID and kicked out are always really fucked up, like 3 in the afternoon.
The Plum fucking sux. My girlfriend was told never to go back there because she asked to have our table cleaned! I tell everyone who asks never to go there..
The ONLY time I ever ate at a restaurant and didn’t tip was the plum. I felt so guilty doing it – I felt like I was walking out on my bill – but the service was so inexplicably bad, it was bewildering. The woman was not just rude, but mean, and for no reason. I waited tables way back when, so I’m always a good restaurant customer (it kills me to ask for a coffee or water refill), and I always leave 20-30%. This lady, however, was just beyond anything I had ever come across.But DANG they make good onion rings. mmmmm…..
Sometimes when big groups go out they submit the orders beforehand. When my group at work goes out, we call ahead and order so the food comes out quickly.
What’s the rule on underaged kids anyway? Don’t you have to order food or something in order to take your kids into a bar?
TTFN – The complete regs are at http://www.gov.ns.ca/just/regulations/regs/lclicens.htmThe basics:A minor may accompany an adult into a bar as long as he/she is there to have a meal. Cannot consume alcohol and there can be no adult entertainment taking place. Not allowed to be in the bar after 9pm.
Thanks for the info, C. I figured it was something like that.
Yeah, they probably called in advance. To which unles they put on a sizable deposit means shit, It’s stupid to make for a party of stuff if they won’t show up… I mean who would want reheated food? Screw them, there are fifty more restaraunts enjoy decent service.
Here’s the rules, quick and dirty:1. All people at the table with the minor must eat.2. Alcohol can be served to the party so long as all persons are eating.3. In by 8:00 out by 9:00 is the standard mantra (and that only stands if you – server – are 100% certain business volumes will allow you to have the group served and out the door by 9:00).Sounds like the OP had a crappy server who forgot to submit the order after taking it. No kitchen staff would ever bump a table of 2-4 who had already ordered behind a large group. Even if the group had pre-ordered (which does not seem to be the case here), the kitchen is usually quite aware how long people will wait for their food before the complaints start. Inevitably most servers blame the kitchen, so kitchen staff do everything possible to make things smooth.