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Corkscrew: Top Five Restaurant Wine Service Pet Peeves

Posted by Taylor Eason on Oct. 13, 2009, at 10:00 am

Glass with Cork webI consider myself a fairly patient person, especially when it comes to service in restaurants. I, along with millions of others, toiled in commercial kitchens and dining rooms across the country, and certainly understand the often horrific treatment endured by smarmy scumbags masking as diners. But enough is enough. I must kvetch about wine service in restaurants. Wine is conceivably the most lucrative cash cow a server has at his/her disposal, yet so many abuse the privilege of potentially making 15 percent for simply opening and pouring a bottle. To futz this up is ludicrous.

My least favorite flubs: Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2008 Malbec Mendoza, achaval ferrer, big house pink, pet peeve, restaurant, review, wine, wine service
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