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Reader Has Already Had Valentine’s Day Ruined

Turns out you don’t have to be a famed restaurateur like Drew Nieporent to get bad service at the Cafe at Country. A reader saw our post on that debacle the other day and tells us that he became “nervous” — apparently, he’d made a reservation there for a Valentine’s Day breakfast with a “friend.” His fears, it turns out, were not unfounded.

Here’s what he told us:

I got there this morning and ordered an omelette and an almond croissant. There were only three other tables in the café. It took 25 minutes for our food to come! They brought the check and added an 18% gratuity to it automatically.

Here’s what he told us:

Reader Has Already Had Valentine’s Day Ruined