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reservations

Raleigh Restaurant Requires Credit Card For Reservation, Then Charges $20 Per Person Who Doesn't Show

It's common for restaurants to not seat a party until everyone has arrived, but here's something we've never seen before: requiring a credit card to make the reservation, then charging $20 per person who doesn't show up—but still refusing to seat an incomplete party. When Matthew tried to get his party of ten seated without two of the people—basically saying he'd pay the $40 to get out of the bar and at a table—management refused. We think this restaurant doesn't like its patrons very much. More »

12:21 PM on Mon Apr 14 2008
By Chris Walters
11,334 views, 81 comments

Latest by n/a: I am the operator of SONO. I frequently visit review sites in order to keep up with customers opinions so that we can serve our customers better. I apologize for any problems that might have occured but I specifically remember more »

health

High Levels Of Mercury Found In Sushi Tuna

The New York Times collected 20 tuna samples from high-end restaurants around NYC and tested them for mercury. The results were extremely troubling:
Recent laboratory tests found so much mercury in tuna sushi from 20 Manhattan stores and restaurants that at most of them, a regular diet of six pieces a week would exceed the levels considered acceptable by the Environmental Protection Agency.
Sushi from 5 of the 20 places had mercury levels so high that the Food and Drug Administration could take legal action to remove the fish from the market. The sushi was bought by The New York Times in October.
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6:40 PM on Wed Jan 23 2008
By Meg Marco
3,612 views, 45 comments

Latest by rhombopteryx: @trai_dep: That, and mercury from volcanic undersea eruptions. Possibly the GOP's fault.It's pretty clear that the mercury contamination in freshwater fish has gone up, up, UP with the increased mercury from coal plants, but mercury levels in marine fish are more »