Good luck in your future ventures! Even though I moved from KC a year and a half ago, I still like coming back to see what you're saying about the KC music world.
wooo....we've done this for years at k-state
aweseome- thanks for the press...macon greyson indeed puts on a great show. even if this is a shorter set than usual, head down. the boys could use the gas money.
ryan- i used to live in kc...like to keep up with things :)
i've always had great service here in austin for the most part. the one time above at hill's is the only horrendous service i've had. my favorite mexican place, polvo's, is hit or miss...but they are always busy so i take that into consideration. our table actually made friends with our waiter at opal divine's once- he was on a split shift and instead of leaving between he came and sat with us while we sat and drank. and at the neo-comfort food place moonshine, the waitress was awesome- she gave us pitch perfect recommendations and was geniunely interested when we suggested they carry sweet tea vodka (before everyone had it).
the reason i rarely tip less than 15% is that i usually can tell it's not the waitstaff's fault
that's not to say that i won't tip less if the waitstaff is clearly at fault. we had ridiculously horrible service at one place here in austin...they were busy, but we knew that wasn't the problem as the girl had no problems paying attention to the tables all around us so we left no tip. and we were there for a long time, drinking and getting food(everyone was...there was a hurricane ike benefit show going on).we also went home and emailed the restaurant manager to explain why.
my new standard when i tip is 20% rounded up to the next even dollar- regardless if there was an auto-grat or not. good service gets 25%. if service was not great, but i could tell it wasn't the waitstaff's fault i don't penalize. i've worked in the industry and know how important tips are. rarely do i tip 15% or less...it has to be beyond bad service.
Re: “Bierocks for everyone, Runza will open in Mission”
omg...used to love the one they had in manhattan. didn't even realize the company was still around.