[oak perl] Checks [was So Long To Mike]

Arden Schaeffer arden at lmi.net
Sat Jun 28 13:11:09 CDT 2003


Belden: Many thanx for your suggestions. ~Arden

On Wednesday, Jun 25, 2003, at 09:29 US/Pacific, Belden Lyman wrote:

> From: Belden Lyman <blyman at iii.com>
> Date: Wed Jun 25, 2003  09:29:34 US/Pacific
> To: oakland at mail.pm.org
> Subject: Re: [oak perl] Checks [was So Long To Mike]
> Reply-To: oakland at mail.pm.org
>
>
>
> David Fetter wrote:
>> On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 08:29:15AM -0700, Belden Lyman wrote:
>>> David Fetter wrote:
>>>> Given the situation with the check--$80 short at first cut--I have
>>>> a modest proposal: everybody pays exactly the same when we go out.
>>>> [...] What say we just set this as a policy in advance for the next
>>>> one?
>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> D
>>>
>>> I think this is a good idea. In the future we could avoid the whole
>>> mess by choosing a different venue- one which will provide seperate
>>> checks.
>> I don't know of any such venues.  Anybody?
>
> Some bars; Brennan's in *cough* Berkeley has cafeteria-style service
> (complete with trays!). Isobune along College in Oakland is a sushi-
> boat restaurant, I think they'll split checks. Cato's along Piedmont
> has the booth in the back where one pays when ordering one's food.
>
> Rolling Dunes is a fried hamburger sandwiches, crepes, and sliced-
> cake type of restaurant; there's one on Piedmont, and another around
> the  corner from the Grand. Order and pay at the counter, take a 
> number,
> food arrives shortly. The Crepevine is another such restaurant, absent
> the fried hamburger sandwiches.
>
> Brennan's is very large - always seating available (save St. Patrick's
> Day, perhaps). Rolling Dunes doesn't seem to ever seem to get full up.
>
> Belden
>
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