Schtick Restaurants -- was, Re: [Sca-cooks] Re: Pho

[Susan Fox]

Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius wrote:

> Your post has got me thinking of restaurants, bars, etc., with some  
> odd traditions. Who's got accounts of those to share? Apart from the  
> old Sloppy Louie's in New York, where you used to be able to sneak in  
> through the kitchen door, see what looked good on your way to the  
> dining room, and order accordingly, the entry that screams to be  
> talked about is a place called, I believe, The Pinnacle Peak, outside  
> San Bernardino, CA. I have no idea if they're still around, but it  
> was considered sort of unofficially mandatory to A) understand that  
> neckties were strictly forbidden, and B) to wear the most  
> outrageously trashy tie you could find, because they would then have  
> a little ceremony where they'd snip your tie off with a large pair of  
> tailor's shears, and nail it to the beam above the bar. 


Google shows Phoenix and Tucson;  in California, San Diego [actually 
Santee, Barony of Calafia], Garden Grove [a suburb usually better known 
for Asian population and restaurants, in Gyldenholt], San Dimas [east 
end of the Barony of Angels] and Colton [San Bernardino County at least, 
that would be Dreiburgen -- this may be the one to which you refer].

The Phoenix location is the original location, they claim no connection 
to the others of the same name.  It is certainly up on a pinnacle in 
Scottsdale.  Unforgettable views. When my family went there long ago, we 
watched a lightning storm march across the opposite end of a long clear 
valley.  The steak was really outstanding too, at least to a lass of 10 
or so.

Naturally, some wags in Atenveldt have tried wearing chain mail ties. 
 They stock wire cutters for people like them.

Selene C.