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June 06, 2006
When it Rains, it...Well...You Know
Frank Bruni cleanses out the whole pour issue in his blog post of June 1...which I just found today. Always the first with the breaking news over here. Interestingly, he and a lot of the commenters seem to consider stingy lil five-oz. pours standard issue (allowing five glasses of wine per bottle). However - and giving heart to the guzzlers amongst us - the owner of Cru wisely summons the mathematical practicality of combining six- and three-oz. pours out of the same bottle. Speaking from the serving side, this kind of thought leaves...um...little "present pours" back in the kitchen, which go a long way in making the shift ooze on by.
Especially when a super-fucking annoying couple brings their super-fucking annoying three-year old 
into the bar for several super-fucking annoying hours, as happened to my awesomely awesome colleague Caitlin and I last night. After listening to this kid scream, watching him run around, picking up the blocks he had thoughtfully scattered all over the bathroom egress, I begged Caitlin to rip my uterus out with tongs. That wasn't the best thing she heard all night though. Indeed, those honors go to Daddy Sucks A Lot who won the prize with these two entries: 1. "Pinot GRIGGio" and 2. "Our son's in the 97th percentile..."
97th percentile of total spaz is likely what he meant.
Ew. I had to Windex the display case after this mutant snotty sneezer basically tried to lick his way through to the yogurts. So appalling. They didn't even tip us. Though, I guess tip enough could be found in the fact the mom did not pursue potty-training adventures in our men's room...though by God she tried...
Ew...with Ew reduction.
Moving on or away or back to the article, whatever, there was an interesting note on the pricing side: one waiter in the comments section remarks that four six-oz. glasses translate into a bottle marked at four times the price of a glass. I think that Capuvino is at least a couple of bucks shy of that mark - and probably rightfully so. I think most people would not realize the six-oz. was a bit of a "gimme" and feel a bit cheated by the rigidity of that pricing.
One more point brought up in the discussion is this trend of bringing out wine in a carafe or decanter and setting it next to the glass. I think I'm going to avoid this. Doubles the dishes and it seems kind of gimicky and unnecessary. Though it would avoid the whole "screw-top versus cork" conversation that I'm sure will be had about...oh...seven thousand billion katrillion plus infinity times during tableside decantations over the next several years.
Posted by Bree at June 6, 2006 07:31 AM