The Bitter Bistro

I have been cyber threatened!  Weapons and insults are a thing of the past.  Customers nowadays prefer to be cowards and use their Yelp profiles to get what they want in restaurants.  To quote "Cassius" from  Julius Caesar : Cassius: Why, man, he [Caesar] doth bestride the narrow world Like a colossus, and we petty men Walk under his huge legs, and peep about To find ourselves dishonorable graves. Men at some time are masters of their fates; The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings. Julius Caesar Act 1, scene 2, 135–141 Accept your own fate, Yelpers.  I can no longer be slain with your petty words.  In fact, your words fuel my blogs and podcasts.  Just like this man and woman I had sitting in my section the other night. Just to let anybody know, if I greet the table and you start out our conversation by saying, "We are going to start out with the  Tuna Carpaccio , and then decide on everything else,&quo

Meet M S from Los Angeles, CA .  A woman, who in typical Yelper-cowardly fashion, has hidden her face in her profile pic because she doesn't want the world to know what she looks like when she writes pointless reviews on Yelp. What makes this review even more repulsive than most is the fact that she blames the restaurant for her allergy.  Another person who failed to disclose important information that could've possibly killed her, and now it's the restaurant's fault. I had the Brussel sprouts and blue crab grilled cheese my first visit here. Less than 2 hours after my meal here I break out in hives. The Brussel sprouts were tasty and had a good portion served. But the blue crab grilled cheese was what I was allergic too.  I have an allergy to poor grammar.  M S must have been taught by Yoda.  "Taste the brussel sprouts had." The owner wrote a very apologetic message to me and invited me to come back and give them another chance as t

Meet RuthAnn Thompson .  A sweet girl with a great smile, but you piss her off, she'll spit fireballs at you and beat you with the bar mat. On iTunes On Stitcher  Until next time... Server's don't pay their rent with compliments. "Bitter.  Party of 1?  Your table is ready." TWITTER PODCAST FACEBOOK THE BITTER BISTRO

This is the year of the con artist.  I cannot tell you how many times I have had people come into my restaurant, drink and eat, and then claim they don't have any money on them to pay.  What year is this? The latest person to attempt this heist is definitely my favorite to date.  She's a short, butch, acerbic-Lesbian, who wore "Tom Cruise" Ray Bans, and a black ball cap that was tilted to the side.  And didn't have a problem telling me she's a Lesbian, or whatever else was on her mind.  Now before any Lesbians take offense to me using the L-word, I'm just trying to paint the picture.  I have members of my family and friends who are Lesbians, and I have no problem saying that they can throw a football farther than me, and also take me to the hoop.  (SIGH.) She sat on the patio and started out by having a couple of glasses of wine, saying that she was going to be meeting with somebody in a couple of hours.  Her friend arrives, (a woman,) and she decide