Monday, October 10, 2016

RUTH CHRIS SHOULD FAST AND ATONE

Ruth Chris's steakhouse, a moderately decent steakhouse chain tried to be a little creative with it's Ann Arbor, Michigan restaurant. It offered a promotion to reduce the bill for a meal for the week following the Michigan-Rutgers game this past Saturday based on the score differential. So for example, if Michigan won by 10 points, diners would get a ten percent reduction in their bill. 

Michigan shutout  Rutgers  78-0 Saturday!

The restaurant, which quickly sold out for this week, is falling back on the small print which apparently limited their reduction to 50%.  Bad press has ensued. They would have been much better to honor their word, and make a donation to a local homeless shelter to boot. The free publicity would far outweigh their losses for a week.  It's overpriced anyway. 

Over/under on the first lawsuit being filed? 

Weird week. Court's closed Monday. Many lawyers and judges out Wednesday for Yom Kippur- the holy day of atonement for our readers of the Jewish faith. 

See you in court.

9 comments:

  1. The Ren (a venue) wanted to do that for the dolphins and canes margins of victory, alas, there were none and dinners were indeed obligated to pay more. As a promotion it didn't work out very well.

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  2. Kenny W ... I got your email regarding the Trump fundraiser. You can count on me. See you at the Forge.

    Bababooey

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  3. Good steak. Too much butter on the plate. Stick with the lamb

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  4. Ruth's Chris in Coral Gables is second rate. Morton's and Capital Grille. And what is with those small plates they use.

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  5. Ruth's Chris is the Sizzler of "high-end" steakhouses. I used to go there in college when I could scrape together a few bucks and convince myself I had class.

    If you are going to go with the chain steakhouses, Morton's and Fleming's are by and large superior restaurants. If you're going to spend $60 for a NY strip anyway, might as well have quality with better menu options.

    If you want the best, Ireland's in the Bonaventure Hotel in Weston is the undisputed champion. I recommend the Wagyu strip, locally raised (Clewiston), a bottle of the Greg Norman pinot noir, and the pork belly appetizer.

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  6. Not a word over the Trump tape....

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