tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448052092422902094.post1068227132373355470..comments2023-10-22T06:01:54.885-05:00Comments on Chicago's Best Dining, Drinking, Cuisine & Cocktails | 312 Dining Diva: Bleeding Heart Bakery strikes back312 Dining Divahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14173554129262185422noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448052092422902094.post-60067931580163165452010-03-18T16:00:19.540-05:002010-03-18T16:00:19.540-05:00Really? You'd go straight up to an owner and s...Really? You'd go straight up to an owner and say: your croissant is so dry if we rubbed them together they'd combust? May I call BS.<br /><br />Last week, I, dining with folks with whom I'm very comfortable, dined at a restaurant manned by the PR staff that particular night, mentioned to the inquiring server that one dish was very mediocre, 2 others were extremely bland. Mind you, this was just to the server, not to the chef, nor the restauranteur (also present), and yet I got uncomfortable glances from the table. <br /><br />I'm not faceless, I'm not nameless, and this isn't about being MEAN to anyone. The $ we give to small eatery, in abosulte monetary terms, no different from $ we give to Monsanto. Crappy product is crappy product, cute Roscoe Village (which I mostly adore) shop or otherwise. <br /><br />It's amazing how some small business owners/chefs/restauranteurs think they are beyond reapproach. In LA, Ludobites come to mind. No one's being mean; it's just as difficult for us to spend hard earned dollars on craptastic bites as it is to make money from kneading dough.SinoSoulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07881843982716449480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448052092422902094.post-72420695821121841712007-12-03T08:26:00.000-06:002007-12-03T08:26:00.000-06:00Thank you, I always wonder what is the best way to...Thank you, I always wonder what is the best way to respond to these nameless faceless people who are so mean to small businesses. It's not just me, I see it happen to so many other places. I know that when I have a bad experience I talk to the managers or the owners directly, what sense does it make to berate a place based off of your individual taste. Of course we will not bake what everyone else bakes..then I would just go work for them! Anyhow, thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com