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March 16, 2005
Ten "atta-boy's..."
Dawnise and I, as I type, are sitting in the ferry station on the Seattle side waiting for the 10pm ferry home. We had dinner at Ipanema - the Brazilian BBQ restaurant - with a friend of ours (thanks Ed!).
I've mentioned Ipanema before - the first time when we went the day after they opened, and most recently when we convinced a group of 11 people to go and had horrible service.
Tonight was a return to the food and service that got us excited about the place to begin with - the food was excellent, and the variety and rate of deliver was near perfect.
Our waiter overheard us relating the less-than-stellar experience we'd had the last time, and apparently our reputation had preceded us. He mentioned that the restaurant rethought their serving process after because of our group - and he apologized that we had to be the ones to help them see the flaw in their original plan.
It was nice to know that they've fixed the bug, so to speak, though I think it'll take a few more visits of tonight's quality to put them fully back into my good graces. And I'm going to think hard before I recommend the place to a large group again.
My dad had a saying when I was growing up - "it takes ten atta-boy's to get rid of one aw-shit" - as I grow older I realize my dad was a veritable fountain of wisdom. Glad I occasionally tuned in long enough to absorb some...
Posted by dberger at March 16, 2005 9:33 PM