ChattyCathy wrote on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 21:11:11 +0200:

??>> One little 'joint' (very local) that we ate in when we
??>> were out of water in our kitchen had the ESPN on in
??>> several locations in the restaurant/bar.
??>>
??>> I ordered a beer with my meal, the waitress plonked it on
??>> the table, and asked me if I wanted a glass -- I said
??>> 'yes,' She never came back with a glass; I went to the bar
??>> to pick one up.
??>>
??>> I suppose she thought I looked the type that sucked on the
??>> bottle ;-))

C> Heh. When I "suss-out" a new local restaurant (or one in a
C> strange town) first thing I check for is if it has TV's or a
C> Big Screen... If it does, I'll "give it a miss". When dining
C> out I like to be able to concentrate on the reason I went
C> there in the first place - which is for the food... Having a
C> crowd of people "yelling and screaming" their support for
C> their respective "teams" does not bring the term "fine
C> dining" to my mind... JMHO, of course ;)

It's not an invariable rule. There is a rather good Indian
restaurant called Memsahib in Rockville, MD (off Boiling Brook
if anyone local is interested, next to Katz delicatessen). It
has very low tables, a very large fraction of Indian customers
and a monstrous screen showing Indian movies. They are sometimes
a bit noisy, since like most Indian movies the best description
is "musical", but fun to watch :-)



James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
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