We just swooned over Stevie Wonder

The other day we had a wonderful table with a 4 legged friend in tow. I immediately remarked that I wanted a couch in the dog’s fur color and texture, but little did I know that I also would fall in love with his personality. The dog’s name was Stevie Wonder. He was a silver Shar pei and he was born without any eyes. He was so adorable and we were all making excuses to visit the table just to visit with Stevie Wonder. His little face was so sweet and kind even though he didn’t have any eyes. It was quite a tribute to the relationship he had with his owner and we were all thrilled to meet them both. I mention this because I try to encourage people to bring their well behaved dogs with them to our restaurant. They are always encouraged.

Meanwhile back to the grind:

Why do people look for things to eat other than what a restaurant specializes in. I know one person on Yelp was frustrated with our lack of non seafood offerings. To me, it’s so odd to look for a non seafood item in a restaurant called Ferry Plaza Seafood. I wonder for example how may pieces of salmon the House of Prime Rib sells per week.

Typically, the next question is do you have any gluten free items? I am often amazed by this question and perhaps I should “go the extra mile” to read up on all the different diet restrictions and fads there are out there at the moment. The reality is, please folks, you need to tell me what your restrictions are, don’t make me guess as to what ingredients (or if you are from the Housewives of New Jersey and your name is Theresa, you say: ingrediences) are OK or not OK. Just say, I can’t eat, blank, is that ingredient in your salad dressing. The worst is, “I am a vegan or I have a food allergy, what do you have that I can eat?” This is my worst nightmare. First of all, I don’t want you to go into some sort of seizure on the spot and second of all, I can’t go through every item on the menu until we find the one that suits your situation.

I just want every person on the planet to start taking responsibility for their own stuff. That means, I want you to take responsibility for your own health issues, your own children’s behavior, your own awareness of others around you. I don’t know what happened, but somewhere in the last 15 years, everybody wants to pass the buck and hold someone else responsible for their well being.

Seriously………….?