Something's fishy at Out of the Blue

[ron_newman]

Leslie won't be going back to Out of the Blue after her experience there last Saturday:

We had a little tiff at the Out of the Blue restaurant in Davis Square this evening. They refused to accept an order of 3 appetizers and 3 entrees from our party of 4 people, and insisted that everyone must order an entree. We pointed out that the cost of 2 appetizers more than equaled the cost of 1 entree, but they said that didn't matter to them.

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Re: Cheap Shot at Out of the Blue

[stvn1.livejournal.com]

I was one of the patrons in this incident. I clearly remember our order, for we spent some time discussing it. We wanted three entrees, two appetizers, and a soup (which Leslie is counting as an appetizer). Leslie and Alex wanted to share an entree, Alex also wanted the soup, and we were all going to share the appetizers. If by the owner saying "the numbers don't add up" the owner means it doesn't make sense for them to have denied us this order, that's what we felt, which is why we felt so frustrated by them. But we were clearly and emphatically told that everyone had to order an entree. And the table server pointed out to me where on the cover of the menu it is written "No sharing of entrees." My experience with high class restaurants is that they often have a minimum charge per person, which leaves any sharing up to the customers.