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nolabear

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17. When my first son was about eight months old we went to a little place in Pbgh.

Reply to WillParkinson (Original post)

Sat Apr 7, 2012, 10:57 PM

Apr 2012

It was dinner and actually fairly busy. He started to fuss and the waitress, who was the daughter of the owner, picked him up and took him with her to several tables as she waited on the with the other hand. He loved it. Then she handed him to the bartender (yeah, it was a while back and they didn't worry about the bad influence, and neither did we) and he talked to him for a while before bringing him back to where the food had arrived. We went back there several times and they were always just delightful, though that performance wasn't repeated.

The tip was good, of course.

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What was the best server you've ever had at a restaurant (or best service)? [View all] WillParkinson Apr 2012 OP

An Italian restaurant here in Detroit bif Apr 2012 #1

We always pay a lot of attention to our servers and tip woodsprite Apr 2012 #2

Many years ago HeiressofBickworth Apr 2012 #3

Too many to count - far more than 'bad service'. HopeHoops Apr 2012 #4

Yep. Iggo Apr 2012 #6

Same here - the bad ones, maybe half dozen. Good ones, dozens and dozens csziggy Apr 2012 #15

I once got excellent service from a precise young woman who also spoke with perfect grammar.... Scuba Apr 2012 #5

I was on a business trip with a colleague and we were at dinner... undeterred Apr 2012 #7

Once in Rome rrneck Apr 2012 #8

Have had a lot of good servers/meals. Interesting however that you mention Pizzeria Uno. ohiosmith Apr 2012 #9

Lady named "Marty" at Rick's Swiss Chalet, Palo Alto, CA Amerigo Vespucci Apr 2012 #10

At the restaurant "Blue" at the Ritz-Carlton in the Cayman Islands. Johnny Rico Apr 2012 #11

Yeah - it's always at the small hole-in-the-walls chrisa Apr 2012 #12

That's often hard nickinSTL Apr 2012 #13

When I first met my latest wife, she was manager of a local pizza joint Major Nikon Apr 2012 #14

um, is that amazing to you? that's a standard trick, you know? pitohui Apr 2012 #16

Well... WillParkinson Apr 2012 #18

When my first son was about eight months old we went to a little place in Pbgh. nolabear Apr 2012 #17

I've had great service in a lot of places NewJeffCT Apr 2012 #19

All my good friends at AsahinaKimi Apr 2012 #20

A diner outside NYC treestar Apr 2012 #21

I have fantastic servers. era veteran Apr 2012 #22

Bill, of the original Washington Square Bar & Grill Auggie Apr 2012 #23

At "The Mews" in Provincetown, MA DFW Apr 2012 #24

Late 80's, I used to take my ex's mother to dinner once a week kcass1954 Apr 2012 #25

In the 90's sometime, I stopped by a great BUSY bar on an early Friday evening... MiddleFingerMom Apr 2012 #26

I usually see good service Taverner Apr 2012 #27