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Random Fri Apr 04 2008
When the Waiting is Not the Hardest Part
Because it's high season on food awards, I was thinking about an achievement that rarely gets its due: restaurants that have the best wait. Rather than standing outside in the cold/heat/rain/snow wondering why you're willing to wait 45 minutes for a table, which restaurants have the best amentities, such as waiting space, food, cool neighboring businesses to browse while killing time? My vote for the best wait is Over Easy, as they give waiting customers a free outdoor coffee station, a wide sidewalk for loitering outside, and I can duck into Ventrella next door to wait out the time. I also walk up the street to Off the Leash to look at dog supplies for Fido. My vote for the worst wait is Sweet Maple Cafe or Mia Francesca's in Lakeview for having no space to stand inside or outside to wait (but the food is worth it for both places).
What's your take on the best restaurant wait? Or the worst?
Dude / April 4, 2008 1:06 PM
Tiffin on Devon. That little vestibule gives you a great view of the room and the smell is amazing(ly good).