I’ll be posting this over the course of the day as there is so much stuff I want to vent, rant, and/or tell you about.
First off – Jack Astor’s has lost my business for good. Nikki & I stopped in there last night for supper and were extremely disappointed. The service was fine (the waiter forgot our refills but he admitted it and apologized) and the food was good. It’s the atmosphere of the place that has ruined it for us (Well, me anyway, I’ll let Nic make up her own mind). Jack’s used to be a hella cool place to eat – they had fun menus, fun staff, great food and terrific value! Then, sometime last year-ish they changed the menus. Gone were the fun menus – only to be replaced by a menu you would more expect to see at an upper class fine dining establishment. Some of the items disappeared, others changed, and of course, prices increased. Still a pretty decent value. So…onto last night…in we go. New menu yet again. Still got that stuffed-shirt look to it except now there is “scrawling” in the borders and white spaces with stupid little quotes and things like that. Prices have increased a little bit on some items BUT WAIT, what’s this? Jack’s Garlic Pan Bread is NO LONGER INCLUDED in entreés!!! They charge an extra $1.29 (without cheese – forgot to check how much it was with cheese) for any entreé! Not just pan bread either – soup? salad? forget it unless you’re willing to shill out the extra coin. Maybe I’m just being picky and unrealistic but why would you spend years building a reputation for a specific atmosphere and become well known for the amazing pan bread then go and change all that??? It makes no sense. Sure, they’ve decreased food cost by doing that but how many people like myself will no longer go back? Will the food cost savings offset the loss of income? Only time will tell but I rest easy knowing that it won’t be my dollars going there.
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