Anonymous
Post 01/16/2014 09:01     Subject: Re:Grant Achatz: what do you think of a child ban at Alinea?
Looks like what my dog throws up when he eats without breathing between bites. Maybe they should get a dog to taste the food first.
Anonymous
Post 01/16/2014 08:51     Subject: Re:Grant Achatz: what do you think of a child ban at Alinea?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I can't decide which is more ludicrous. The arrogance of claiming your restaurant fields hundreds of calls a day from people they can't serve, and yet you can't figure out how to have a waiting list and charge a reasonable cancellation fee, or the arrogance of bringing your small child to a restaurant like that. Seems like the idiot parents and the restaurant deserve each other.

I think a childfree policy, or a policy of charging the full fee for children, even those too young to eat is totally reasonable, but I also think that a restaurant without a cancellation policy is asking for people with the stomach flu to show up.


+1 to the whole damn post. Obviously babies (and 98% of kids) don't belong there, but that restaurant has some bizarre policies. Prepaying? No cancellations? Odd.


+2 The parents shouldn't have brought the baby, but I blame the restaurant's for their policy almost as much.
Anonymous
Post 01/16/2014 08:46     Subject: Re:Grant Achatz: what do you think of a child ban at Alinea?
Anonymous wrote:the babysitter could have cancelled at the last minute. Alinea's has a no cancellation policy.


I saw this on another blog, and that's what happened. The babysitter cancelled last minute. Alinea's doesn't take ordinary reservations--you buy a ticket (for $200 per person, not including wine) for a specific date. So if you don't show up, you're out the money. I think the parents made a mistake by going anyway, but I do kind of understand where they were coming from. Depending on how last-minute the cancellation was, they might have been able to sell their tickets on Craigslist, which probably would have been the best solution.
Anonymous
Post 01/16/2014 08:12     Subject: Re:Grant Achatz: what do you think of a child ban at Alinea?
Anonymous wrote:I can't decide which is more ludicrous. The arrogance of claiming your restaurant fields hundreds of calls a day from people they can't serve, and yet you can't figure out how to have a waiting list and charge a reasonable cancellation fee, or the arrogance of bringing your small child to a restaurant like that. Seems like the idiot parents and the restaurant deserve each other.

I think a childfree policy, or a policy of charging the full fee for children, even those too young to eat is totally reasonable, but I also think that a restaurant without a cancellation policy is asking for people with the stomach flu to show up.


+1 to the whole damn post. Obviously babies (and 98% of kids) don't belong there, but that restaurant has some bizarre policies. Prepaying? No cancellations? Odd.
Anonymous
Post 01/16/2014 07:19     Subject: Re:Grant Achatz: what do you think of a child ban at Alinea?
And this is news?
Anonymous
Post 01/16/2014 05:57     Subject: Grant Achatz: what do you think of a child ban at Alinea?
those dishes don't look appetizing to me.
Anonymous
Post 01/16/2014 05:56     Subject: Re:Grant Achatz: what do you think of a child ban at Alinea?
I can't decide which is more ludicrous. The arrogance of claiming your restaurant fields hundreds of calls a day from people they can't serve, and yet you can't figure out how to have a waiting list and charge a reasonable cancellation fee, or the arrogance of bringing your small child to a restaurant like that. Seems like the idiot parents and the restaurant deserve each other.

I think a childfree policy, or a policy of charging the full fee for children, even those too young to eat is totally reasonable, but I also think that a restaurant without a cancellation policy is asking for people with the stomach flu to show up.
Anonymous
Post 01/16/2014 05:31     Subject: Grant Achatz: what do you think of a child ban at Alinea?
Anonymous wrote:I would never take a kid there. Ever. I don't blame him for banning kids if he does go that route.


i am from Chicago, have kids, and have eaten at Alinea. while it was not my favorite food and i am pissed that we spent so much money to eat there, the entire atmosphere and experience was pretty amazing. i am shocked that anybody would even consider bringing a child there, let alone actually do it.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2014 23:36     Subject: Grant Achatz: what do you think of a child ban at Alinea?
I would never take a kid there. Ever. I don't blame him for banning kids if he does go that route.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2014 22:39     Subject: Re:Grant Achatz: what do you think of a child ban at Alinea?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't feed those dishes to my dog let alone pay $500 for it.


Enjoy Applebee's!


Enjoy your $500 meal! As ESPN says, come on man!
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2014 22:38     Subject: Re:Grant Achatz: what do you think of a child ban at Alinea?
Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't feed those dishes to my dog let alone pay $500 for it.


Enjoy Applebee's!
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2014 22:35     Subject: Grant Achatz: what do you think of a child ban at Alinea?
If you can afford $500 per person for dinner you can afford a babysitter. If it takes 3 months to get a reservation you have time to get a baby sitter and a back up baby sitter.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2014 22:28     Subject: Grant Achatz: what do you think of a child ban at Alinea?
Anonymous wrote:Common sense is a rarity in this area, and proudly so, unfortunately.


This is Chicago, you realize?
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2014 21:21     Subject: Grant Achatz: what do you think of a child ban at Alinea?
Common sense is a rarity in this area, and proudly so, unfortunately.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2014 21:21     Subject: Re:Grant Achatz: what do you think of a child ban at Alinea?
Ok, so he's not tongueless. But he IS tasteless, literally.