S. Worthen (owlfish) wrote,
S. Worthen
owlfish

Diners

The Toronto Serial Diners is a group based on a delightfully odd concept. (Their website however, is out of date. The current list of where they're eating is here). They meet every Friday at a different restaurant, gradually working their way through all the restaurant entries in the phone book. So far, so good. I know lots of people who go. We're currently free next Friday night and could join them... but C. and I talked it over, looked up the restaurant in question in our restaurant guide books and are convinced they just won't be able to get in, which is a pity, since it sounds like it has some of the best food in the city. The thing is, this is a place where reservations will help, as will being very nicely dressed, and there are bouncers to go by on the long and indirect route through the building to arrive at the lovely, cozy, essence-of-elegance restaurant. It's also just about the most expensive restaurant in the city, from what my guidebooks tell me. Perhaps if the Diners were in the habit of making reservations, they'd stand a chance... but reservations defeats the point of having no clue how many people will show up.

Then again, having just done a bit of reading on it, the head chef recently left the restaurant, and the patio is much more casual than their indoor dining. If the Diners try for the patio, they may stand a chance.
Subscribe

  • Hartpury Bee Shelter

    We were still around an hour from our destination, driving west across Gloucestershire, and the sun was starting to set. I saw a sign for a…

  • Liverpool

    I went to Liverpool for about 24 hours. Since austengirl is leaving the country, certainly for several months of world travel, possibly…

  • The strangeness of foreign lands

    An American to his companion, taken aback and clearly bothered, while walking by the German consulate in Venice. He has just commented on how dirty…

  • Post a new comment

    Error

    switch
    default userpic

    Your reply will be screened

    Your IP address will be recorded 

    When you submit the form an invisible reCAPTCHA check will be performed.
    You must follow the Privacy Policy and Google Terms of use.
    Help
  • 0 comments