Restaurants

[Guest guest]

I called a local Mexican restaurant this afternoon -- eating there with

friends tonight. This is the second time I have called a restaurant (during

non-busy times!) to ask about menu items and ingredients and whether they

are vegetarian. The employee who answered the phone had to ask someone else

my questions about lard in tortillas, beans, and chicken stock in rice, but

she came back quickly with helpful information. I really prefer this method

to asking the waitstaff when I get there. Most of the time the waitstaff

don't know, and the whole table has to wait while he/she goes to ask the

(usually very busy) cooks. Just thought this might help someone else who

hates quizzing the teenage waiter while a whole table of friends looks on...

 

Audrey

(looking forward to no-lard tamales filled with cheese and green chiles and

vegetarian black beans tonight....)