Chitown B wrote:also, one had a bad time because they were out of pot roast and turkey. which is a bad thing, but it doesn't mean the food was bad - just bad timing.
WCIBN wrote:TDAD was one of the restaurants reviewed on this week's Check, Please! and it didn't fair too well. One rave review (a LTH Forum member?), one lukewarm review and one reviewer didn't like it at all.
If you missed it and want to view it, the show will be replayed on WTTW three times in the next few days. Scheduled replays are: Saturday 2/13 @ 4:30pm, Sunday 2/14 @ 9:30pm and Monday 2/15 @ 4:30am.
Chitown B wrote:agreed, seebee. i watch a lot of Check Please, and to my eyes it was an all around good review.
ronnie_suburban wrote:Chitown B wrote:agreed, seebee. i watch a lot of Check Please, and to my eyes it was an all around good review.
Interpolating for the fact that people are generally polite on Check, Please!, I thought it was one of the most negative segments I can remember seeing in a long time. When 2 of the 3 people have more negative comments than positive ones to say about a place, it can't really get much worse, since 1 of the 3 recommended it in the first place. Even Avenues, which one might think would be far more polarizing, fared much better. Not saying these opinions necessarily matter but I didn't get the sense that this was a "good review" by any means.
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Mikey wrote:I don't know. Everything was going so smooth Saturday night. I parked right in front, made my way in, and found a lone counter stool in the corner. Then the hostess came over and rudely tossed me out because he had an idea to somehow seat a party there once everyone else ate and left. I thought the the idea of counter seating was grab a stool and eat?
pairs4life wrote:Mikey wrote:I don't know. Everything was going so smooth Saturday night. I parked right in front, made my way in, and found a lone counter stool in the corner. Then the hostess came over and rudely tossed me out because he had an idea to somehow seat a party there once everyone else ate and left. I thought the the idea of counter seating was grab a stool and eat?
So it was SRO on Saturday night when you were there? See that's just it, I wouldn't expect any diner on a Saturday night to be packed. Sounds like "Check Please" effect to me.
ucjames wrote:Packed on a Saturday night isn't unusual for the Depot if you are there during peak hours.
riddlemay wrote:ucjames wrote:Packed on a Saturday night isn't unusual for the Depot if you are there during peak hours.
Is the "rude tossing out" described by Mikey something you can imagine happening there on any given Saturday night, or does it sound really atypical to you?
ucjames wrote:riddlemay wrote:ucjames wrote:Packed on a Saturday night isn't unusual for the Depot if you are there during peak hours.
Is the "rude tossing out" described by Mikey something you can imagine happening there on any given Saturday night, or does it sound really atypical to you?
I've never seen anything like that. Packed? Absolutely. Rude tossing out - make that any kind of tossing out? Never.
Though from the description it sounds like there was a group waiting to grab adjacent stools when Mikey inadvertently took one of them. Doesn't excuse any rudeness, but I can understand why he'd need to give up the stool.
riddlemay wrote:Is the "rude tossing out" described by Mikey something you can imagine happening there on any given Saturday night, or does it sound really atypical to you?
General Tso wrote:The pot roast sandwich is between does have both a heel and a crown but is intended to be eaten with silverware. This threw me off. I thought that if a sandwich was open face, you eat it with silverware. If it has a crown, you pick it up with your hands.
Well, needless to say, with the gravy and all, eating it with my hands was a disgusting (but tasty) spectacle. It was only after I was done that I asked the waitress which method was intended.
Shaggywillis wrote:So tomorrow is a big day for me, finally after three years of living in this city I am going to The Depot American Diner. I'm so psyched, it's been on my list for years but never made it out west.
I've been reading this thread all afternoon, trying to decide what I should order and it's going to be a tough call. All the food looks amazing, the pot roast sandwich has the lead at the moment. As well, I am a big sweets person, so I HAVE to get dessert.
Can't wait.
Shaggywillis wrote:...I am a big sweets person, so I HAVE to get dessert.
Can't wait.
The Depot American Diner will be closed Monday, May 3, 2010 and Tuesday, May 4, 2010 for floor repairs. We will reopen Wednesday, May 5, 2010.