Located in the
burgeoning South Main Street development, the restaurant is industrial modern inside,
clean and bright. Volunteers greeted us at the door, telling us how glad they
were that we had come. We were early and had no trouble getting a table, but
the restaurant began to fill up quickly. We shared an absolutely delicious lamb
burger on an obviously house-made bun and a small plate of caprese bites—and were
too full for dessert.
We overpaid
generously, because it looked to us like some other customers might not pay or
would underpay. Probably I was making snap judgments. but then again, I realize
for some that lunch might be the only meal, let alone good meal, of the day.
Two caveats: don’t
over-order, because no doggie bags are offered or allowed. And get there early
or be prepared to walk. As far as we could tell there is no off-street parking
and street parking is limited.
The people who
greet you, the wait staff, and many of the kitchen staff are volunteers—perhaps
that’s why they’re so cheerful. But they were all beyond pleasant. It looked to
me like they had more volunteers than they needed, but if you’re looking for a
good place to share your time, I suggest you call them. I would if it weren’t for
my walker.
A couple of night’s
ago friends and I had a delightful light supper at Winslow’s Wine Café. Winslow’s
is popular, which means it’s noisy—so despite a relatively warm evening, we
elected to sit outside. Under a shade cover, with fans blowing on us, it was quite
pleasant—except for the flies that kept dive-bombing us. We actually had three
wine drownings, but the waiter was pleasant about bringing us fresh glasses of
wine. And we splurged—white chocolate mousse with a dark chocolate ganache for
dessert.
I had one of those
annoying phone calls the other day—time to renew my property insurance so they
needed proof that my alarm system is active. The monthly fee is automatically deducted,
so I didn’t have a bill to send. I went online and found in almost three years
I haven’t set up an account yet. To do that, I had to supply a verbal password—which,
of course, I had no idea about. And to bypass that, I had to tell the operator,
the names and phone numbers of two people on my emergency call list. I
completely went through all the children before I landed on the right ones. The
operator I was talking with was short on patience but long on background noise,
which only made it worse.
Finally though I had
an account, and I called the insurance office to ask what I needed tosend them.
“Just take a screen shot,’ the young woman said. Confession: I don’t know how
to take a screen shot. She hooted and said, “Neither do I, and I’m married to
an IT guy.” We finally bumbled around the web site until I fund an insurance
certificate I could download as a PDF and send to her. When she emailed, “Got it!”
I wrote back and said, “That loud noise you heard was my sigh of relief, clear
across town.” She replied, “Glad you clarified. I was wondering what that noise
was.” Doing business with someone like her makes up for the impatient lady with
the security company. Win some, lose som.
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