If Kevin was part of the Cherry Pit team, then is the food the same or better than the Cherry Pit?
Cathy2 wrote:Hi,
I went to the Cherry Pit a few times, though I wasn't overwhelmed by the breakfast I had. I will certainly seek out the soup and specials. Can you offer any tried-and-true items from the regular menu?
Regards,
Cathy2 wrote:If this type of heavy interaction with the restaurant owner is your cup of tea, then you have a destination.
It means absolutely nothing. I might read the menu after I'm ready to order, just to double check. I might read the menu because I don't know what I want. I might read the menu upside down because I'm a nut. Just because that's your personal thing that you do, don't jump on someone for not knowing your habits.Cathy2 wrote:If I am still reading the menu, then maybe it is a big hint I am not ready to order.
You were trying to signal? Telepathy didn't work? Cathy, not everyone catches these supposed signals. If you assume he could read your mind by your "hint" then you assumed wrong. He obviously didn't get the hint by standing there waiting did he? YOU should have caught that yourself when he was too slow to get it, but you didn't. Give the guy a break and tell him (using words, not hints) that you need more time.Kevin asked if we had any questions, which I didn't because I was still reading the breakfast menu. I didn't look up because I was trying to signal I still needed time.
iblock9 wrote:
While your opinion is certaintly your own and no doubt you are entittled to same, it is pretty heavy handed considering your gripe is mostly about the service and the fact that you dont appreciate Kevin's "personality"
cito wrote:Heavy handed? You've got to be kidding.
If "Kevin" would have made that snarky comment to my dining companion ( with the intent of ME hearing it ) I would have let him have it with both barrels.
It appears that Cathy2 was not abusive to him in any way, so why should she be subjected a crappola comment like that?
Believe me, as much as I despise the chain options mentioned, I would rather patronize them and get robotic responses from their employees than flagrant contempt from this guy.
iblock9 wrote:Who accused Cathy2 of being abusive? Not me.
ronnie_suburban wrote:However, if I'm not in the mood for the schtick, I avoid the place because it is -- for better or for worse -- an inextricable part of the experience.
Cathy2 wrote:Hi,
I didn't grasp from the prior posts that there was any schtick. Now anyone who chooses to go has been forewarned. I know there are people who will gravitate to it. However I can see people avoiding it, which may not benefit his business in the long run.
Some years ago, I took my Mom to Ed Debevic's, which also has schtick. The actor-waiter started to engage my Mom in some exchange. However once he detected she was earnestly responding to him, then he cut the schtick out like a curtain dropped. I was impressed how well he read the situation.
Regards,
ChicagoTribune.com wrote:Kevin Quigley brought a sunny optimism to his Deerfield diner that was as much a draw for customers as the breakfast and lunch items on the menu.
But the owner of Kevin's Place couldn't mask his disappointment last week when he announced on Facebook that he was closing his eatery at Waukegan and Deerfield roads.
"Sorry to wear my emotions on my shirt sleeve," Quigley wrote. "Today I closed Kevin's Place ... a dream of mine and a place where friends helped me, and hopefully I helped others make their dreams come true."
He said he needed to vacate his storefront at 808 Waukegan Road by March 15.
A storefront diner that has been an institution in downtown Deerfield for the past 24 years has been revived by three former employees under its original name, Cherry Pit.