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	<title>Comments on: The Grouch goes third person: Visits to Apothecary, Luga&#8217;s, Fubar, Maggie&#8217;s, Union</title>
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		<title>By: Anthony</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anthony</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 03:29:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Disco Stu likes Disco music&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Disco Stu likes Disco music&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: David Lo Pan</title>
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		<dc:creator>David Lo Pan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:24:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Jack Burton: You can go off and rule the universe from beyond the grave.

Lo Pan: Indeed!

Jack Burton: Or check into a psycho ward, which ever comes first, huh?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jack Burton: You can go off and rule the universe from beyond the grave.</p>
<p>Lo Pan: Indeed!</p>
<p>Jack Burton: Or check into a psycho ward, which ever comes first, huh?</p>
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		<title>By: Charlie</title>
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		<dc:creator>Charlie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:28:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Disco Stu doesn&#039;t advertise.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Disco Stu doesn&#8217;t advertise.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: boyce</title>
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		<dc:creator>boyce</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:22:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@ Jessica,

I think the service has improved in general, though it still needs quite a bit of work, i.e. when improvement means the wait staff actually brings cutlery with your meal, the starting point is pretty low.

It always feels to me like the staff are preparing for *future* customers, rather than serving those actually there. So, there are people polishing the glasses and preparing the silverware, but failing to notice that a couple at the bar have finished their wine and need to be asked if they want more, or that patrons need those carefully wrapped knives and forks to eat their meals.

Good food, good atmosphere, but a need for more &quot;hear and now&quot; attitude from the staff.

Cheers, boyce</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@ Jessica,</p>
<p>I think the service has improved in general, though it still needs quite a bit of work, i.e. when improvement means the wait staff actually brings cutlery with your meal, the starting point is pretty low.</p>
<p>It always feels to me like the staff are preparing for *future* customers, rather than serving those actually there. So, there are people polishing the glasses and preparing the silverware, but failing to notice that a couple at the bar have finished their wine and need to be asked if they want more, or that patrons need those carefully wrapped knives and forks to eat their meals.</p>
<p>Good food, good atmosphere, but a need for more &#8220;hear and now&#8221; attitude from the staff.</p>
<p>Cheers, boyce</p>
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		<title>By: Jessica</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jessica</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:52:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>A friend and I went to Union yesterday at around 5pm for an early dinner and some drinks, we were seated and given menus and perused the menu for a good ten minutes but no server ever returned to our table. 

We waved, and signaled and caught the attention of girl, who smiled and said in Chinese &quot;wait a minute&quot; she then went and told another waiter that we wanted to order, he looked at us then walked in the opposite direction, we could see 4 servers doing things around us, the restaurant was less than half full. We waited and put up our hand and the same girl (she must have been a trainee or a table clearer because she looked terrified and kept refusing to take our order)told us again in Chinese &quot;wait a minute&quot; we waited... still at least 5 wait staff moved slowly around us, clearing others tables, fetching water etc. 

No one came to take our order. 

We got up and left and no one even noticed, we went next door to Blue Frog, got 2-4-1 happy hour cocktails and burgers and sat there for several hours. 

Sorry Union, I gave you a second chance... never again, the food is overpriced and the service is shockingly bad.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A friend and I went to Union yesterday at around 5pm for an early dinner and some drinks, we were seated and given menus and perused the menu for a good ten minutes but no server ever returned to our table. </p>
<p>We waved, and signaled and caught the attention of girl, who smiled and said in Chinese &#8220;wait a minute&#8221; she then went and told another waiter that we wanted to order, he looked at us then walked in the opposite direction, we could see 4 servers doing things around us, the restaurant was less than half full. We waited and put up our hand and the same girl (she must have been a trainee or a table clearer because she looked terrified and kept refusing to take our order)told us again in Chinese &#8220;wait a minute&#8221; we waited&#8230; still at least 5 wait staff moved slowly around us, clearing others tables, fetching water etc. </p>
<p>No one came to take our order. </p>
<p>We got up and left and no one even noticed, we went next door to Blue Frog, got 2-4-1 happy hour cocktails and burgers and sat there for several hours. </p>
<p>Sorry Union, I gave you a second chance&#8230; never again, the food is overpriced and the service is shockingly bad.</p>
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