Last month, my sister came in town a week before her 16th birthday. She loves Italian food. I immediately thought, ""Mingalone"" - because the first time I went the food and service was great! So, we made reservations in advance and explained that it would be for a birthday surprise. When we got to the restaurant - we quickly discovered that our waiter was not very knowledgable. He told us the special - but could not answer any questions on it. Understandable - I have been a server before and had my bad days - but, he said he would be back with the answer - and he came back 5 minutes later with no answer and no waters! And, there were probably only 4 other tables occupied - so the restaurant wasn't busy at all.
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