Australia does this, as well. Entree is the first course, main is, well, the main course.

can't they fold that 20% into the price? Oh, now you've done it, now you're talking sensibly. See: the National Restaurant Association (lobbying group). These people do not want restaurant workers to be paid a decent wage, and they have spent billions in political contributions to make sure that it never happens.

I would ask your doctor. I know for me personally, I have an allergy to pistachios and cashews, but I don't think it's so bad that I can have a reaction just from a utensil or something, I think I actually have to eat one of them.

I don't think that's unreasonable. It's not in a restaurant's interests to have a customer having an allergic reaction in their dining room. They take food allergies seriously. A lot of places are even asking now when you book a table.

I would have thought it would be avocado. They can't make anything in California without avocado on it. Which is ok, because avocado is brilliant, but I feel sorry for you if you go out to lunch in Los Angeles and you don't like the stuff.

that can't be right, considering that Boston has some of the best pizza in the land. And not to mention chowder and lobster...

And in the process, they're probably going to ruin a perfectly good business that actually does a fairly decent job of a fast food version of donuts and pastries. Oh, you don't like paying taxes? Fuck you, I can't live with donuts.

spot on. The donuts at Dunkin are not bad. I mean, they're still donuts. But Tim's are just better. They just are.

I wouldn't say it's for no reason. If you read about the history of Quebec, they really do have good reason to be so uptight about the language. But yeah, sometimes they go a bit too far.

Just Chinese? Because I can live without Chinese. If you tell me the best Mexican places are filthy, however, I'm going to cry.