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polygon
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Birthday Dinner
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Sep 13 02:04 UTC 1993 |
What restaurants in Ann Arbor and vicinity have good birthday specials?
I know Gratzi's does. Any others?
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rcurl
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response 1 of 70:
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Sep 13 04:02 UTC 1993 |
Real Seafood.
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shf
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response 2 of 70:
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Sep 13 08:47 UTC 1993 |
Denny's!
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polygon
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response 3 of 70:
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Sep 13 22:29 UTC 1993 |
Ah, right, Real Seafood does. Allen & Rumsey used to, when they were in
business.
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shf
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response 4 of 70:
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Sep 14 00:19 UTC 1993 |
NO wait! Denny's gives you a FREE MEAL. Wow. And don't forget Bill Knapp's.
You get your age as a percentage off your bill, plus a nifty little
chocolate cake. Plus, you get to see what you'll look like in 40 years....
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polygon
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response 5 of 70:
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Sep 14 06:24 UTC 1993 |
Heh. We went to Real Seafood this evening.
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polygon
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response 6 of 70:
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Sep 14 06:24 UTC 1993 |
Er, since it's the 14th already, I should say, yesterday evening, or
about seven hours ago.
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shf
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response 7 of 70:
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Sep 14 08:48 UTC 1993 |
What kind of a deal does Real Seafood give you?
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rcurl
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response 8 of 70:
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Sep 14 12:50 UTC 1993 |
A Real Deal. The best one in town, in my opinion.
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dana
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response 9 of 70:
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Sep 14 21:23 UTC 1993 |
I've been thinking about going to Real Seafood for my birthday.
What is their special? Are they a good place to eat? I have
not been there before.
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rcurl
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response 10 of 70:
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Sep 15 01:00 UTC 1993 |
They have a full seafood menu. When I can't stand life any more I go
there and have a whole tub of steamed mussels. They also have
ambience - I watch the bolts holding the boats up on the ceiling
while muscling my mussels.. Try them out.
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chelsea
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response 11 of 70:
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Sep 15 13:58 UTC 1993 |
Rane, if you like mussles then try them at the Earle sometime.
Best I've had and they have a deal going in the early evening on
the bar side where you can get 'em dead cheap. (Used to be free
with drinks but no longer.)
Real Seafood's birthday celebration goes something like this - on
the official birthday, with proof, you'll get 50% of the food
portion of the bill for a party of two. For three a third is
deducted and for a party of four 25% is taken off and so on. I'm
not sure what happens if you show up solo.
I believe Palio's offers a similar birthday deal. They too have
decent mussles. ;-)
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hawkeye
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response 12 of 70:
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Sep 15 17:57 UTC 1993 |
Solo, you get half off.
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chelsea
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response 13 of 70:
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Sep 16 01:18 UTC 1993 |
I'm really so very glad that restaurants are moving away from
the ridiculous tradition of making the waitstaff huddle
around the birthday person's table and sing Happy Birthday.
Better restaurants never did this but places like the Olive
Garden and Chi Chi's did. What a turn off even if you aren't
at the targeted table.
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shf
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response 14 of 70:
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Sep 16 01:21 UTC 1993 |
This is a good deal. In Maine, the locals used to scoff at those who ate
mussels, considering them to be junk food compared to the other stuff
available at hand; steamer clams, crab, lobster, etc. I always enjoyed
mussels, especially since they were so damned easy to harvest compared to
the other seafood; you just found a rock or dock where they were growing and
peeled 'em off. I do remember getting a little sick on them once, too many
is not a good thing.
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shf
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response 15 of 70:
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Sep 16 01:22 UTC 1993 |
13 slipped in. 14 refers to 11 and 12.
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rcurl
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response 16 of 70:
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Sep 16 01:31 UTC 1993 |
Which ocean were you musseling in, shf? Mine was the Atlantic - more
particularly, Shinnecock Bay, on the south shore of Long Island.
Re #13: our daughter loves to have the waitstaff sing to her on her
birthday. However, they don't sing Happy Birthday. That is copyright,
and cannot be sung in public by anyone, without paying royalties (this
has been tested in court, and upheld, which is why Chi Chis does *not*
sing Happy Birthday). Also, do other eaters consider it a turnoff? They
mostly applaud. (Maybe, because its over....;->).
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dana
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response 17 of 70:
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Sep 16 03:30 UTC 1993 |
I would NOT appreciate strangers singing at me on my birthday. It
just draws too much attention to me. I'm not usually in a mood for
a lot of attention.
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rcurl
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response 18 of 70:
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Sep 16 04:16 UTC 1993 |
Does your birthday put you in a blue mood?
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shf
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response 19 of 70:
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Sep 16 09:57 UTC 1993 |
RE 16: Hurricaine Island,off the coast of Maine. Also spent some time on
a tiny nameless island that had a little beach that was loaded with
geoducks (sp?) and crabs tooling around, blackberry bushes, sea
rocket, sea urchin. It was an Outward Bound thing. Stunning scenery,
and a very tough place to live. Never been to Long Island, but
my (limited) exposure to the more populated areas of the Atlantic
coast seemed a little seedy. I understand there are some nice areas
though.
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danr
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response 20 of 70:
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Sep 18 02:08 UTC 1993 |
re the birthday at Palio, Gratzi, and Real Seafood. Since these are all
owned by the same people, it's not surprising that the deal is the same.
They also own Maude's, btw.
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chelsea
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response 21 of 70:
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Sep 18 13:01 UTC 1993 |
I like Maude's new look.
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athena
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response 22 of 70:
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Sep 20 01:35 UTC 1993 |
I like Maudes too.
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popcorn
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response 23 of 70:
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Oct 17 00:26 UTC 1993 |
Re singing on birthdays: i like the attention of being on the receiving
end of those restaurant birthdays where the whole waitstaff gathers
around to sing happy birthday. sometimes i get tired of listening to
them sing to other people, though, if there are a lot of birthdays on
the same day.
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popcorn
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response 24 of 70:
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Oct 17 00:26 UTC 1993 |
(this is now linked from aaypsi to kitchen)
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