Im not one to believe the white man's ice is colder, but my homegirl's birthday brunch today was awful

- it all went downhill when they were out of mac & cheese at 1 PM

- if we're paying for unlimited champagne, we shouldnt have to ask for more at all, let alone multiple times without being tended to

- we definitely shouldnt ever have to ask for more water (we never got it btw)

- we didnt get our change back. our table was 6 people, $172 bill. we didnt even bother tripping over our $8, but there's a thing called principle

suffice to say I wont be returning there again

quickly.. Breakneck speed at that. Especially in the food service or restaurant business.

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>quickly.. Breakneck speed at that. Especially in the food
>service or restaurant business.
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I don't know what is about the black food spots. At first the service is banging and you're smiling and showing appreciation. And then after a couple of months it's like they're tired of working. So they consistently cut corners. With some places, the quality/service will drop and the prices will increase. They make you feel like THEY'RE doing YOU a favor. It's weird.

>>quickly.. Breakneck speed at that. Especially in the food
>>service or restaurant business.
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>I don't know what is about the black food spots. At first the
>service is banging and you're smiling and showing
>appreciation. And then after a couple of months it's like
>they're tired of working. So they consistently cut corners.
>With some places, the quality/service will drop and the prices
>will increase. They make you feel like THEY'RE doing YOU a
>favor. It's weird.
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I feel that most new restaurants start with an unsustainable level of quality and service to attract new customers.... and then try to subtly cut back to a point that's profitable but hopefully not too noticeable to the customers.

If that place isn't a hit from jump, they're going to have to cut a long way to make money and that's how even well-funded restaurants fail. Restaurants are some of the riskiest business to start.... something like 20% of new rstuarants make it a year.

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>and its impossible to critique ourselves when it comes to all
>things surrounding the concept of "do better"
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>and its impossible to critique ourselves when it comes to all
>things surrounding the concept of "do better"
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every group, every company, every town, city & country should always be trying to see how they can improve and do better, whether shit is fucked up or not.

the only reason it is a touchy subject is we are afraid white people will listen in on our self-critique and be like "SEE! Toldja black folks are __________ (insert neg stereotype here)"

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either meet my standards or i'll find somewhere else that will. i'm not giving anybody business just because they're black.

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first you have to place things in a context

then you have to state that you support BOB

then and only then after satisfying all the caveats can you make a statement about the way a business is doing things

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I love this song tho!

create and sell the products i'd like to buy from black people. all the shit i'd like to see black people buy more of as well. why don't we have black owned book stores instead of black book stores. we could cater to everyone and make sure our shit gets handled properly. why can't i go to a black book store and look at +all+ the scifi classics? i want to buy them all and from YOU my brother. you could be making money off of those too.

black comic stores.

useful electronics invented by blacks on kickstarter. i buy new inventions all the time through there.

i'll tell you i was saying though that i wan'ted to see films and mini movies and comics on african cultural tales and whatnot and i feel like in the past 2 or so years a big boom has happened. THAT makes me smile.

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I opened the door and the smell of weed almost knocked me out! There were several other customers in there waiting to be helped and three teenage boys behind the counter looking dazed and confused - and not the least bit embarrassed or interested in helping the the customers. No adults in sight!

Never again!

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And there are big, world eating, Galactus-type mega-businesses consuming white-owned mom and pop stores so playing in the mainstream exposes a business to alot of risk.

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I've talked about it on here a few times. I don't even have any malice toward them anymore, but I definitely won't go back.

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a lot of tattoo spots have that "fuck you" vibe, but that one's extra

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because they NEVER have food.

Anyone been to Milk River on Atlantic in BK? Thought we would check it out for Father's Day and the service was dismal. Packed restaurant with only two servers. Were waiting forever for a table. When the manager finally speaks to us it's to complain that we were standing too close to the bar with kids. Dude really tried to get into an argument with my wife because he somehow didn't believe we were following the waitress to our table past the bar. Never came closer to punching someone working in a restaurant.


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it looks great
the brunch was OK but overpriced
the staff (bartenders, waitstaff) were VERY nice. really attentive and friendly
then there was some other stuff but i won't get into it

i did go there on a very random, slow night. something like a tuesday for a meeting
it was dinner hours and they wouldn't let a dude in b/c of how he was dressed which was ridiculous because it wasn't like there was a party. it was dinner. and he was only there to meet a friend who was planning a birthday party for his lady there

he was also very well dressed. i think he either had some sort of shirt on w/out sleeves or some shorts and they cited that as the reason. i was going there to talk about possibly djing there but after that i knew it'd probably not work b/c if you're turning away homeboy, none of my friends would have gotten in

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"if the children are not initiated into the village they will burn it down just to feel its warmth." - african proverb

Folks were dressed in their Alabama Sunday's best and I was in fancy sneakers and shorts.

Definitely felt like I was being treated like the riff raff but the location ain't the hood. I don't think the place straddles the two brooklyns well.


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the second floor can have some really dope events
but they are very out of touch or can't reconcile different crowds

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another friend and I ordered two drinks and some water. 45 min later, no drinks...we wave down the ONE waiter who's running around trying to help a restaurant full of people. He said it was only him and one bartender working that night. I almost went to the manager and asked him if they needed another bartender for the night, get me some extra money.

and I cant' blame the waiter, he was trying so hard...but it sucked because i wanted another drink and an appetizer but i knew i'd have to wait another hour plus for those two items so took the L instead.

i get much much MUCH worse service in non-black owned spots that have a unexpectedly black clientele. Which is crazy, cuz I live in Atlanta, and there should NEVER be a time that you don't expect black customers, lol

likely because of those issues

i think it was open at most about a year

the name of the place was infusions bistro in lindbergh (south buckhead) here in atlanta

the food was AMAZING, in fact im sure the fact that the food was so good is what kept it open even a year, otherwise i expect it woulda closed within 3 months

ppl chose to deal with all the other crap just because the food was that good, they also made their waffles in various different batters such as red velvet, key lime, sweet potato, and some other stuff

but the bad was pretty much everything else, first off no air conditioning, this is georgia! it would be cooler outside than in the establishment

then slow and incompetent service, dont advertise bottomless mimosas when you "have to send someone to make a run" because the champagne ran out at 1 pm. then you only inform of that after being asked whats taking so long several times (this happpened on two different visits). have to ask for water refills. brings the eggs out separately from the other portion of ur meals and says "who all ordered eggs?"

then they would have attitudes that you were annoyed by the slow service, them running out of things and the heat. they would not communicate anything unless pressed to and had a kind of deal with it attitude at a certain point

then the bills would be all wrong, even when as a large party peeping game and most of us had cash we said dont even split the ticket, shit was still wrong

i will miss the food but damn that should be a wake up call

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Wow... Infusion is closed already??

I was hoping to try that spot just off the strength of their Instagram pics

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I knew they weren't going to last long. Black owned places in Atlanta can't decide if they want to be restaurants or clubs and hearing a bunch of loud ass trap music while I'm trying to eat wasn't the business.

Streets won't let me chill.

I guess if you think about it, that spot did seem like just an extension to the club... sorta like Denny's with a DJ

The times I went, that doesn't work with brunch. But that location has been many clubs of the years so I guess they were just tryna get the most out of the space. Shoulda had only late night music like that tho

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just be a good restaurant. or be a good club. don't try to have slam poetry and organic pottery classes during dinner service.

horribly slow service or running out of food.

I went to Peter and Kordell's Sports Bar One in Charlotte a few weeks ago. A few things that made me smh...

The prices were in fucking insane for Charlotte. I understand they are trying to do upscale and keep the hood out but a $5 bud light and $8 Guinness is a crime in Charlotte. My boy who just moved from Charlotte to San Fran was like "Damn, I thought I was going to save money when I left the Bay"

As soon as we sat down the waitress let us know we had 2 hours to eat because they had a 9PM reservation. 2 minutes later the manager came by and said there was a 2 hour limit because they had 9PM reservations.

I ordered a Red Stripe. 15 minutes later.. no Red Stripe. I asked if they were brewing that shit in the back? 25 minutes later I finally get my Red Stripe.

Food was GREAT but you can tell everyone working at that spot has NEVER worked in the restaurant industry before.

the girls who work there are cute, and the food is good, but the drinks were weak and overpriced.

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realtor on the side...ill just summarize it as the following:

credit is invariably fucked up
broke
looking for a palace on shack money

and ZERO appreciation for time. appointments dont matter. time of the appointments dont matter etc

does it really matter?

wonder what bin's doing?
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I'd talk to management if it was one problem. when we realized it was all bad we cut our losses and made the best of it

also, we were warned by someone in our party that the service wasnt good. he had been there 2 weeks ago, turns out his incident wasnt isolated

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i learned when i sat down @ restaurants to ask what they had available BEFORE i looked at the menu and decided on my order.

i ended up eating lots of fried rice, fish, and fried chicken. b/c every joint always had those in stock.

fuck you.

my little hood bar is known for that shit.

Damn near every time I go in there for a drink there is someone who has a coupon or asked about a special and they get the run around.

some black owned businesses interact with whites (or others) in
comparison to interaction with blacks. almost like they
are a bit coddled and made to feel overtly welcome. i notice
it a lot in the dc area. it's embarrassing the times that i
have witnessed it.

i've seen things like employees jonin on paying customers, selling
customers spoiled/rotten goods knowing that it's spoiled, the
constant sizing up, not having certain popular items in stock,
quality of service, not to say that these are black issues but, just
things that i've noticed.

and then there are certain areas/establishments that i just don't
go to anymore because i've witnessed slight/extreme levels of
overall ratchedness.

...People from DC might know of it.

Ther was a pet store on U Street and 16th NW I believe.

When we first got there, it was the only game in town (or at least our immediate area). We bought a bag of food for our dog.

Got it home, opened it, and it looked like some shit out of Prometheus: maggots writhing all over and throughout the food.

Immediately take it back, open the bag for the cashier, who stares at us blankly. She says store policy won't let them take back something opened. We bought it an hour earlier. With receipt. We were sold faulty goods. She repeats store policy. Also keeps calling the maggots 'magnets'.

Older guy comes over from stocking shelves, asks what the problem is.

Repeats store policy.

My wife says this is bullshit, wants to speak to the manager.

He says I'm the store owner and I'm not taking it back. You can exchange it for the same item.

"So we can have more fucking maggots?" my wife says

He looks at me and says "You need to teach your wife respect. A lady doesn't talk like that."

My wife dumped the 80 lb bag of food and maggots in the middle of the store, storms out.

Awkward pause.

I run after her.

But yeah.

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>My wife dumped the 80 lb bag of food and maggots in the middle
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like i know that's not what the cops are for but you gonna GIVE me back my money. how the hell?

>My wife dumped the 80 lb bag of food and maggots in the middle
>of the store, storms out.

While I was reading your story, I was thinking to myself "what would I have done?" and this was my first thought. You didn't let me down.

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I would have dumped it on the counter though.

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Been goin' there for YEARS! since when the whole restaurant was the size of the current juice bar. Aside from how slow everything is always done, I was accused of buying a Noni Juice bottle for moms, filling it up with water, and returning it. After YEARS of giving them business as a regular, I was done.

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those shakes are CRACK tho

sadly i'll just have to learn to make em myself because i just won't ever go back. not even to take vegetarian friends when they in town.

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Why are some of us so "one and done" with BOB's?

"I'm never going back" They aint getting no more of my money blah blah

We don't go to management but we share the bad news with all our folks and it turn they don't go either because reason?

BOB cant have a bad day or have to work the kinks out??

Why dont we give us a chance to redeem ourselves?

I promise some of yall hold us to higher standards than businesses owned by other ethnicities even when first open.

I know that middle eastern party/liquor store/owner is straight calling you a abeed or disrespecting a sister but yet you go in every other day to buy your shit.

Beauty supply stores are another thing. Ugh

Now I know some of you will come in here and deny it but its real.


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I'm like that with everywhere.

If I have a genuine WTF moment, i'm not going back. I don't care who owns the %^Y&U*ing shop.

I speak with my waller.

if we didn't care, we wouldn't know they are 'black owned'(outside of ethnic restaurants); its not as if its not advertised on the door. Even with the stories above its less about "They ain't pour my water when my cup was empty" but much deeper.

In the transition to nu-brooklyn there's been a few black owned establishments that people support off GP that would have went the way of the dodo if they didn't have community roots and it's a shame; you kind of need to get called out on shit to improve.

BUT if they fuck up and act like I'm the one who made a mistake by coming in the building to give them service.

I WILL NOT RETURN.

>Why are some of us so "one and done" with BOB's?
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>"I'm never going back" They aint getting no more of my money
>blah blah

i can't think of a BOB where i've said this but i understand why ppl feel that way. i would too if i'd had an awful experience @ a BOB and i have other convenient options to get whatever the BOB offers.

>Why dont we give us a chance to redeem ourselves?

if i have another option available and that option offers better service and/or is more convenient then i'm making that choice.

>I promise some of yall hold us to higher standards than
>businesses owned by other ethnicities even when first open.

i dunno about them but i don't.

>I know that middle eastern party/liquor store/owner is
>straight calling you a abeed or disrespecting a sister but yet
>you go in every other day to buy your shit.

i dunno about that but if that's the only liquor store that's convenient then i'm probably going in there and not paying attention to whatever is said.

fuck you.

most people will give no fucks if they got that bottle on sale.

But I'm only gonna pay for shit and to be treated as such for so long. Money is not to be wasted. I told several ppl how good the food was and they had similar bad experiences. My core group of friends gave the place several shots as well. Then again I tend to support Blk business as much as possible but the reality is so of these faults seem to be culturally related .

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I don't know how many times I have done repeated business with black establishments because I want to support and I appreciate their product but customer service is horrible (my braid shop being one place I keep going back because for the most part, they are nice and reasonably priced)

but I do one and done with white places, asian places, lots of places...it's not just a black thing...we are only talking about black businesses in this thread.

Why should we ACCEPT lower quality and keep going back for it? we aren't slaves anymore.

For refills on unlimited mimosas in yt's spots? That just doesn't add up......

simple math.

6 people to a table, 1 bottle of champagne, check on them every 15 minutes, 20 minutes max

when you dont check up at all, then take your sweet time after we speak up, that's an issue

I've been to a good 5-6 brunch spots, and it's ranged from a fill up every 15-20 min....to them leaving the bottle of champagne on our table....to one time that me and Atruhead went to a Japanese spot that ran out of Orange Juice, and they actually gave us nothing BUT straight champagne. I had five full glasses!

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one time that me and Atruhead
>went to a Japanese spot that ran out of Orange Juice, and they
>actually gave us nothing BUT straight champagne. I had five
>full glasses!