A diner from Canton, MD
Aug 21, 2009
Two friends and I headed to Yellow Dog Tavern at 700 S. Potomac tonight for what we hoped would be a new favorite spot. Never in my life have I wished that I was a food critic more than tonight. Our check was $125 - before tip! We had ordered Bacardi and Diet Cokes to drink. Our other friend had 3 Stella's. The Bacardi and Diet's ended up being $12 each. Between the two of us, we had 7. If you're struggling with the math, that's $84 in drinks between 2 people! Absurd! I asked to speak to the owner and she said that we ordered doubles. Humm.mm.mm. well, seems to me there was a misunderstanding - we ordered them in a tall glass. . . so that's a double . . . at $12 a piece? Am I in New York? The owner said all she could do was give us 10% off - so, we'd get a gift card for $12.50. That's a complete insult. As pissed as I was over this "misunderstanding" and considering we paid for at least her purchase of four 1.75 liters of Bacardi, she would have done much better to simply apologize for the "misunderstanding" and taken off the "doubles." I would have been happy to pay for 7 Bacardi and Diet's - not 14. And, I would have gone back. Not now. Be careful if you go - order beer - stay away from all mixed cocktails unless you're looking to break the bank. It's a shame. Since we go out at least twice a week, we were really looking for a new place to go. Where is customer service these days?
