No soup for you!
That is embarrassing. Not going through Dallas anymore.
Let me forecast a fast apology from Puck’s and an invitation to the vets to eat there for free.
POW T-shirts and unit-associated caps were not enough to identify them as military vets?
The restaurant’s general manager, Marcus Cascio, sent the group two bottles of Scotch, a written apology and an invitation to return to the restaurant.--- With their meal comped, I hope.
The men were gentlemen to take this slight, but one of them should have spoken up: "Sweetie, let's talk to your boss and see what he thinks."
No manager would have turned them away.
The prices were over the top for basically ordinary stuff.
But, it was a special occasion and we went.
The ‘hip’ young lady next to our table threw her arm over the back of her chair, propped her dirty sneaker-clad foot on the chair by her and sucked water out of a bottle, like a fishwife.
For this, I overpaid for my diner and tolerated a pathologically overly-familiar waiter who couldn't have done a worse job if he tried!! Not going back, either.
(snip)
Everyone involved agreed the hostess made a mistake. What’s in dispute is whether the men identified themselves as veterans.
“If they had explained who they were and what they were doing, it would not have happened,” she said. “It was a mistake and we’re apologetic.”
“He bounced off the roof of a barn and landed in a pig pen after his plane was shot down over Schweinfurt, Germany, in 1943. He lost 30 pounds during two years as a POW at Stalag Luft III, the camp depicted in the movie The Great Escape. He’s dug through trash for food, eaten barley soup with his hands and slept in ankle-deep cow manure.”
Well maybe because the guy bombed Wolfgang’s home town and Wolfie felt obligated to Der Fuhrer by turning him away...
if this is the one atop Reunion Tower then it is far fancier than the usual Puck Express fare
i was just at the Hyatt there last weekend and it did have a dress code
You can’t play on pretty much any golf course without a collar.
Cmon, guys. Get it together. Tshirts and ball caps are good for Hooters, not a nice dinner place.
Why do expensive restaurants exist in the first place? To have a special experience, not just a casual Chili’s or Applebee’s thing.
Would these guys have ever considered going to such a place in their skivvies while they were still in the service?
I remember when a man felt naked without at least a sportcoat in a nice place.
The hostess reflected the education system that produced her. Traditionally, American education system taught people to think and think logically, that is back up their position with facts and reasoning.
Forty odd years ago the worse grade I could get was “GG” - glittering generality. If I didn't want a failing grade I had a week to redo the paper with twice the requirements - length, references, etc. Failing grades could result in a vacation in a real exotic location - SEA.
Unfortunately there is an education system in the world that actively discourages rational thought - the European one. There the class system still exists.
I wonder which educational method produced this hostess?
Look, I'm a veteran and am sorry for what occurred. However, it's wrong for men & women of any age to go to a decent restaurant dressed like that. OK for McDonald's or Pizza Hut, but not a more upscale place. Tees me off to no end to see grown men in a restaurant wearing baseball caps & t-shirts...or to be covered anywhere indoors when in civilian clothes. And don't get me started on what people wear on airline flights. I'm not ancient, but I wear a suit or a coat & tie for business or pleasure travel; receive much better treatment that way. If the vets had been dressed in trousers (no blue jeans) with an open collar shirt and no ball caps, they would have been OK. As conservatives, we often yearn for the good ol' days -- well, dressing better in public is part of that.
Flame retardant applied...
I’d Puck it.
unlike most here I went back and read the article you linked
it is the fancy Puck restaurant...not like folks here are surmising...it is not one of those express pizza and sandwich Puck joints
this one revolves and does not let kids in the bar area either to eat...i know...we just tried because the restaurant was full and the bar was first come but ...no kids at bar tables
more like Spago in LA
lots of restaurants have dress codes...one could argue they should relax them for vets...or not
btw...if this was last weekend Dallas was packed to the gills...2 college games, 1 pro, 1 baseball, Carrie Underwood and something else...estimated 800,000 tourists there
They were dressed like slobs. T-shirts and shorts are unsuitable attire for a high-end restaurant, and these vets all were raised in an age when these things were understood. Now they (and the paper) are trying to make this about their war service and not about the rudeness of showing up in what-the-hell-look-at-me attire and expecting to be served. America isn't (yet) a military state where membership in a privileged class confers the right to be rude and expect special treatment.
He bounced off the roof of a barn and landed in a pig pen after his plane was shot down over Schweinfurt, Germany, in 1943. He lost 30 pounds during two years as a POW at Stalag Luft III, the camp depicted in the movie The Great Escape. He’s dug through trash for food, eaten barley soup with his hands and slept in ankle-deep cow manure.
So Coberly couldn’t help but laugh this week when a hostess at Wolfgang Puck’s Five Sixty restaurant told him and five other war veterans they didn’t look good enough to visit the high-end downtown Dallas eatery...
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The restaurant’s general manager, Marcus Cascio, sent the group two bottles of Scotch, a written apology and an invitation to return to the restaurant.
Even Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert got into the action.
He sent each man a letter that concluded, “Again, welcome to Dallas. I’m sure you will enjoy our Southern hospitality.”
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/travel/news/7248442.html
Interesting, short article (link above).
Fortunately it all ended well, however I hope these heroes were able to return to the restaurant per the manager's invitation to enjoy a great meal and the view there.
Puck is a wacky guy and a shameless self-promoter. But my meal at Spago outside S.F. in 1999 remains one of the 10 best of my life, and I have eaten in the best restaurants on the planet.
Puck is a wacky guy and a shameless self-promoter. But my meal at Spago outside S.F. in 1999 remains one of the 10 best of my life, and I have eaten in the best restaurants on the planet.
“Most restaurants I know do not have a dress code. I am surprised that Wolfgang Puck’s do because I have eaten there and there is none. I usually think it would be those expensive haute cuisine restaurants.”
Maybe this is a hate cuisine restaurant?