The Pools, now priced at $18 and by reservation only, prices subject again to increase in July.
Because people will pay.
The restaurant, for dinner, Bannock and Mussels to start. The Bannock is really a scone. The mussels, they've changed the sauce, now only white wine. Meh.
A half dozen servers, the place is full.
For a main we split the steak - 10 oz NY. It's OK. The vegetables are good.
They have posted signs - 20% minimum gratuity for parties over 6, tipping options on their machine run 15-20-25% - stupid. And a mandatory 12% gratuity on all to go orders.
Service is fine.
It's all fucking preposterous. H* - new hire - talks of working there - she describes it as "if people who new nothing about restaurants opened a restaurant'" and she's right, 100%, and yet still they're successful, largely due to the lack of reasonable competition.