People will say anything to me
How's this for a Quote of the Day from an annoyed owner of a restaurant I'm not going to name so his chef doesn't walk out on him during the dinner hour in case you're eating there tonight?
"I'm the one who created the menu. I'm the one running the restaurant. The chef is just the egotistical figurehead in the kitchen."
Comments
In spleeno veritas
Posted by: Owl Meat Gravy 2 – You're the best thing that ever happened to me | April 3, 2009 5:03 PM
I, for one, am a huge fan of the glaring spotlight of transparency, especially when it comes to embarrassing behavior.
I understand EL not wanting to transgress her relationship with the service community, but I have a tickling desire to know who and where.
Posted by: El Generalissimo | April 3, 2009 5:20 PM
Wow!
Posted by: Hal Laurent, VoR | April 3, 2009 5:47 PM
Sounds to me like somebody's got poopy pants.
Posted by: jl | April 3, 2009 6:57 PM
That...is not the kind of owner who is going to attract and keep good help.
Posted by: Lissa | April 3, 2009 9:22 PM
Having worked at a few of the better places in B-more, two possible candidates to be the one who either spoke or typed those words. I'm actually curious who it could be
Posted by: hungry hungry hippo | April 3, 2009 10:43 PM
Having worked at a few of Bmore's better places and dealing with some umm . .choice owners, I have two possible candidates, but I know there are more. It's that famous city slogan, Baltimore for a town being so small, it sure has it's share of eh-holes!
Posted by: hungry hungry hippo | April 3, 2009 10:45 PM
You are not defined by what you hold onto but by what you let go.
– Umberto Swarm
Posted by: Owl Meat Gravy 2 – I'm a Delicate Flower .. still .. shut up | April 4, 2009 2:07 AM
Good for the owner... if he can actually back up his words.
The BUSINESS of operating successfully requires the owner to be the force behind all aspects of the operation. Of course far too many are dilettantes more focused on schmoozing the clientele.
Posted by: MrRational | April 4, 2009 2:01 PM
Mon Dieu!
I just watched a TVoed episode of Hell's Kitchen where the owner displayed exactly this kind of sentiment to his chef and the rest of the employees. Seems like Gordon Ramsay needs to make a stop at this establishment and do a little constructive screaming/cursing at the owner like he did on the episode of HK. It was the only thing that saved the restaurant from fading into oblivion.
Posted by: Lone Lady | April 4, 2009 2:57 PM
So, owner = prime minister and chef = Queen.
Posted by: Robert of Cross Keys | April 4, 2009 7:03 PM
Any restaurant is only as good as its chef in the kitchen. The restaurant owner should be damn glad to have a good one, or else his business will soon be shuttered.
Posted by: PCB Rob | April 4, 2009 10:25 PM