Restaurants with Dress Codes: Take Back The Night!

Beaune Head · Jan 11, 2011

Originally Posted by MBreinin

Butcher or Cochon? Butcher has the best Chili Dog and the best Muffaletta I have ever tasted. Plus, you can buy some incredible meat for purchase.

Of course, these are two very different places (Commander's and Cochon/Butcher).

Mike

I mean Butcher, although I've been to Cochon as well and loved it. I like the vibe (and the pulled pork) at Butcher, and I like to take an andouille back to San Francisco with me. TSA doesn't freak out provided you put the sausage in the tray along with your shoes.

MyOtherLife · Jan 11, 2011

Originally Posted by MBreinin

Yes, I do...at certain places. I don't know if you have ever been to New Orleans, but Commander's Palace is an old Uptown antebellum mansion. It is a beautiful setting and a grand old establishment. It is a New Orleans tradition and I think coming in there like a slob is a slap in the face. Part of the charm of that place is the environment it creates, which is from another time. I would never go there not dressed, period.

Now, there are plenty of places where I don't care, but they are not Commander's.

Mike

+1

LA Guy · Jan 11, 2011

Originally Posted by Beaune Head

Dress codes aside, I am absolutely convinced that you get better service if you wear obviously expensive and fashionable clothing for dinner. It just makes for a better all around experience.

Having said that, I once wandered into Le DÃ´me wearing t-shirt and jeans and had a sensational meal with great service. But it was an unplanned Sunday lunch, I would never have gone in for dinner without a jacket and tie.

This is especially true in LA, where there are essentially no dresscodes, anywhere. However, it's pretty easy shirt and teeshirt outfits that cost as much as a higher end suits. It's actually more insidious that what you'd originally written, and I'm against that as much as I am against enforced dresscodes.

At the DMV, airport, etc... it's usually better to be well, but informally, dressed. A suit and tie gets poorly paid, overworked service workers, on edge. Maybe they associate the suit and tie with the boss.

MyOtherLife · Jan 11, 2011

Originally Posted by Twotone

A real gentleman always waits until the desert course before breaking such news.

I'll always recall sitting next to a well-dressed couple at the Four Seasons in New York. Within minutes of their being seated ... the man decided the time was right to tell his wife of many years that he was leaving her for "a babe" half her age.

A real gentleman wouldn't take his wife to a public place for this purpose in the first place.
Only a coward would, probably because he's afraid of her whacking him with a frying pan at home.

MyOtherLife · Jan 11, 2011

Originally Posted by TheWraith

Nothing wrong with wanting to eat in a high quality establishment with a dress code to match. Those that don't like a dress code, don't eat there. You have that choice, after all.

+1,000,000

RSS · Jan 11, 2011

Originally Posted by Man Of Lint

A real gentleman wouldn't take his wife to a public place for this purpose in the first place.
Only a coward would, probably because he's afraid of her whacking him with a frying pan at home.
As a youth ... anytime I felt the need tell my father something that might cause him to become angry ... I made an appointment with him ... at his office. I knew he wouldn't kill me there.

ptoll · Jan 11, 2011

Originally Posted by Montrachet

I'm surprised that in this forum there are so many comments about how eating in a jacket and tie is uncomfortable. My bespoke dress clothes are far more comfortable than my RTW casual pieces because of their superior fabrics and fit. I'll always opt for a suit and tie to a nice restaurant or other appropriate venue.

Amen

RSS · Jan 11, 2011

Originally Posted by Montrachet

I'm surprised that in this forum there are so many comments about how eating in a jacket and tie is uncomfortable.
I am as well. It's rare that I'm at table without a coat and tie ... even at home.

MBreinin · Jan 11, 2011

Originally Posted by Beaune Head

I mean Butcher, although I've been to Cochon as well and loved it. I like the vibe (and the pulled pork) at Butcher, and I like to take an andouille back to San Francisco with me. TSA doesn't freak out provided you put the sausage in the tray along with your shoes.

Next time get some of that bacon. The kind you have to slice yourself that comes wrapped in plastic. It is f'ing sick. I cut it thick and make bacon steaks out of it.

Mike

mkarim · Jan 11, 2011

Originally Posted by RSS

I am as well. It's rare that I'm at table without a coat and tie ... even at home.

Even at home?

RSS · Jan 11, 2011

Originally Posted by mkarim

Even at home?
Not at breakfast. At lunch more often that not. At dinner, almost always.

KObalto · Jan 11, 2011

Originally Posted by RSS

I am as well. It's rare that I'm at table without a coat and tie ... even at home.

I think you're the exception today as far as regular dining is concerned, but I am surprised how many here are uncomfortable eating in a suit and tie. I do it every workday at lunch and my share of evenings as well. If your clothes fit reasonably well, they should be comfortable.

Beaune Head · Jan 11, 2011

Originally Posted by MBreinin

Next time get some of that bacon. The kind you have to slice yourself that comes wrapped in plastic. It is f'ing sick. I cut it thick and make bacon steaks out of it.

Mike

Thanks for the tip, will do...

mkarim · Jan 11, 2011

Originally Posted by KObalto

I think you're the exception today as far as regular dining is concerned, but I am surprised how many here are uncomfortable eating in a suit and tie. I do it every workday at lunch and my share of evenings as well. If your clothes fit reasonably well, they should be comfortable.

Definitely Mad Men-style. Nowadays people have such an aversion to dressing well or even looking presentable its pathetic.

presence · Jan 12, 2011

What a snobbish thread. You people make me sick.

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