a pox upon j.p. mcgrady's

rjbs on 2005-11-14T03:57:37

There is a bar near the intersection of 3rd Street and Adams Street in Bethlehem. It is called J.P. McGrady's. They have good burgers, good wings, and a wide variety of beers on tap. Despite this, tonight I say, "A POX UPON YOU, MCGRADY!"

Gloria, John, and I went there tonight to get dinner. I figured that I'd just get a burger and drink water. I didn't want to spend a lot of money, and I was already feeling a little tired. The waitress told us, though, that there were "dollar domestic drafts." Awesome! I wasn't going to pass that up. John and I drank four pints of Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, got some wings, ate some tasty burgers, and we all had a good ol' time.

Then the check came, and it listed an $18 charge for the beer. When questioned, our waitress said, "Sierra Nevada isn't domestic." John repeated this statement to her, and she was forced to offer a less insane explanation: "The only dollar domestic beers are Miller, Bud, and [some other revolting beer]. I thought you guys heard me say that. She had not, of course, said that.

It really ruined the whole good time that we'd had. Seven dollars isn't going to break me, but it's a decent amount of money. It would pay for a movie ticket, or lunch at RTM one day this week, or a paperback book, or a pizza, or a number of other things that I would have enjoyed spending it on more than two pints of beer. In fact, if I'd just gotten water, I would've saved $9, not $7, and nine is almost ten! It's within one of ten!

I can tell you where I won't be going much for a while!


Dude

sigzero on 2005-11-14T13:19:38

When something like that happens, I definately call for the manager.

Waitress should point it out earlier

runrig on 2005-11-14T16:55:40

When the waitress mentions the $1 "domestic" drafts, and you say "great, I'll have a Sierra Nevada", her tip is on the line if she doesn't point out then and there that Sierra Nevada isn't (their definition of) domestic.

Re:Waitress should point it out earlier

rjbs on 2005-11-14T17:08:07

I agree that she should have pointed this out. In fairness to her, though, there was a delay between her statement and our order while we sent her away so we could pick something.