The Bitter Guide to a poorly planned Christmas party

[thebitterguy]

The only thing worse that being left out of the discussion of what to do for a Christmas party (and good timing on that, btw. Restaurants NEVER fill up in mid December) is finding out that the final decision is a bad one.

I mean, the first choice was The Keg, which is a mediocre steakhouse at best. So the fallback was another cheesy chain bistro. Is imagination dead? I mean, if you're coming in from out of town, you might have an excuse for picking a franchise place. But if it's the town you live in, surely you can suggest one or two good family owned places for a meal, right?

Feh.

Comments

[easyalchemy.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I really, really don't get why people so often default to shitty chains - we never let my dad suggest a restaurant anymore, 'cause inevitably it's a Boston Pizza or something. He thinks chains are cheaper, but I find that at best they're on par, and the food is bland and bad for you, so you come out a loser even if you do save money.

[jkahane.livejournal.com]

Not to mention you would think that with the (supposedly) cosmopolitan nature of TO, that there would be plenty of interesting restaurants to choose from.

[thebitterguy]

Nah, there's oodles of places, both within and outside of ethnic neighbourhoods. This was just laziness and a lack of imagination on the part of the organizer.

[thebitterguy]

Yeah, I personally want a visit to a good steakhouse.

At least I can buy a gift card for a big fat Petro Points windfall.