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4. "The maitre d' came by to ask ... if she could join them"

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Mon Jun 10, 2019, 05:30 PM

Jun 2019

Would he have considered interrupting a table of two men to ask if a stranger could join them? Or did he just think that because they were women they didn't have anything important to discuss and seating an extra person at their table would be no big deal? Or did Astor think that because she had $$$ she could impose herself on other people so they could entertain her?

Those are other attitudes associated with high-end restaurants I'm glad to see go away.

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The Power Lunch Is Officially Dead [View all] brooklynite Jun 2019 OP

Country clubs, murielm99 Jun 2019 #1

How it was used is one thing; it was still a fine restaurant. brooklynite Jun 2019 #2

That sounds like 1970's food. murielm99 Jun 2019 #3

Lots of businesses are enacting no-alcohol policies. Initech Jun 2019 #9

Think about paying $150,000 per year to play the same golf courses, Blue_true Jun 2019 #10

"The maitre d' came by to ask ... if she could join them" Retrograde Jun 2019 #4

The key point was that Brooke Astor knew the host... brooklynite Jun 2019 #5

"The restaurant world has changed" and you go out when you don't change with it. nt UniteFightBack Jun 2019 #6

I have a good friend who is in that business. Blue_true Jun 2019 #11

Maybe it's dead at that restaurant, but I can assure you the power lunch is still alive and well. nt cwydro Jun 2019 #7

The Internet has changed the dynamics. People don't have to meet face to face. nt Blue_true Jun 2019 #12

However, many still do. cwydro Jun 2019 #13

I have to admit. I occasionally like sitting around with people that have the Blue_true Jun 2019 #14

The power lunches that I'm referring to usually involve business deals. cwydro Jun 2019 #15

Relic from a bygone era. Today people grad lunch at the building cafeteria and eat at their desk Blue_true Jun 2019 #8

More places provide free murielm99 Jun 2019 #16