Despite what I said earlier, I went to Jak's Grill for my birthday after all. And as always, it was delicious as ever. The bread came out soft and warm, the calamari were the size of delicate french fries, and the merlot kept on pouring. Jak's never fails to satisfy my meatiest of urges. Hell, I have to prepare for a meal at Jak's, and by "prepare", I mean I willingly starve myself all day just to make sure I can engorge, yummm!
My family has been going there for damn near 8 years now. We're very loyal customers, since we have a big family we definitely bring in a good deal of business, and we've treated others there bringing in some new business. Admittedly, their portions have gotten smaller (last night's briquettes certainly weren't as big as days of yore), but it's a recession so it's pretty expected. This by no means has stopped me from dining here.
However, something occurred last night that's beginning to shake my faith in this otherwise fine establishment. I always order the briquettes with the Moroccan spices because not only is it tender and delicious, but it comes with 2 skewers, so it's really easy to eat half of it and doggy bag the other half for the next day (they box your food for you). This morning, I went to prepare my leftovers for lunch and saw that my second skewer was packed, but none of the potatoes with it. And because I was expecting my sides, I didn't bother to cook rice or some other starch to go with my meal. This may sound like a petty complaint or that I'm spoiled, but hear me out.
This was my birthday dinner in which I spent over $100, and in the spirit of "it's my party, I can cry if I want to," if I only ate half of my meal with the full intention of saving the second half, I damn well want it! Plus, I'm a broke ass graduate student--I do what I gotta do to save food whenever and wherever necessary. Secondly, this is not the first time this has happened. I took CL there for his birthday back in May, again ordering the briquettes. That time, however, I didn't even finish as much as half of it because I had eaten a little bit beforehand so I wasn't as hungry. When the server cleared our table, she asked if I wanted a box, I told her yes, she said she'd be back with my leftovers, but they never came... That time was even more annoying because I basically paid $30 for 2 bites, which I could've gotten at Dick's for a mere $2.
I didn't want to think too much of it then because I've always otherwise been highly satisfied by this place, so I thought, maybe it was just a bad night. But this has happened twice to me already: fool me once, shame on me, but fool me twice?! Shame on YOU! And for what I'm paying to eat at this place, I have to say this is simply unacceptable. I can't say that I've completely written off Jak's, but I'm certainly a lot less inclined to come back. And I know my family and friends will most likely come back here, so if it's the case that I happen to tag-along, I'm definitely packing my own food!
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