You're damn right it does. Back in the day a young Scorehead went to a lot of shows & concerts. A $20 bill always got me a good table up front & great service at the Park West.
A few years ago I had a last minute opportunity to take a potential big new customer from Cleveland to dinner on a Friday night in Rosemont after a large trade show. Gibson's & every other good restaurant is obviously booked solid until 9:00 or so. I tell this guy that I have reservations at one of the best steak joints in Chicago so we go to Gibson's. They used to have a gorgeous blond bombshell who looked just like Pam Anderson who worked the check in podium & what used to be the Cigar counter. I approach her & introduce myself & ask her for a table for 2 but I do not have a reservation, & I hand her a $20 bill. She says one more of those & I can seat you in 5 minutes.

Are you stoned or pissed off, or both, when you create these postings?

Real fans just watch on Youtube. Parking at Lincoln and Armitage is too much hassle.

one time when i was ~19 i went there for a show for the first time, parked, went to show and couldn't find my car afterwards
took me over an hour in winter to finally find it

one time when i was ~19 i went there for a show for the first time, parked, went to show and couldn't find my car afterwards
took me over an hour in winter to finally find it

Im pretty hammered right now.

I think I have a connection to every place in Chicago Id want to take someone that mattered. God bless the CBOT

I am not a legal expert, how many times do I have to say it?

You're damn right it does. Back in the day a young Scorehead went to a lot of shows & concerts. A $20 bill always got me a good table up front & great service at the Park West.
A few years ago I had a last minute opportunity to take a potential big new customer from Cleveland to dinner on a Friday night in Rosemont after a large trade show. Gibson's & every other good restaurant is obviously booked solid until 9:00 or so. I tell this guy that I have reservations at one of the best steak joints in Chicago so we go to Gibson's. They used to have a gorgeous blond bombshell who looked just like Pam Anderson who worked the check in podium & what used to be the Cigar counter. I approach her & introduce myself & ask her for a table for 2 but I do not have a reservation, & I hand her a $20 bill. She says one more of those & I can seat you in 5 minutes.

If they don't let you in, do you threaten to cut them in half?

$20 at Gibsons gets you a smile, not a table.

It's Suburban Scorehead. Twenty bucks probably goes further in Rosemont or Oak Brook.

That's a separate issue. You're not tipping beforehand for better service which the initial post describes. You're tipping b/c you were ill prepared and scrambling.

Kudos on snagging a table for $20 though. Seems like the woman isn't very smart to only accept $20 or the place wasn't as booked up as you described.

His story is a lie. It takes more than $20 to get things going at a place like Gibson's.

The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear.

His story is a lie. It takes more than $20 to get things going at a place like Gibson's.

His story indicates that he paid $40 for the table.

The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear.

Are you people tipping for tables when trying to impress a client or just in general?

I'm just finding another place to eat instead of paying a $40 cover charge for the pleasure of sitting down.

I was going to go this way or just say fuck it I'll wait at the bar.

yeah i was gonna say....i haven't been to Gibsons enough times to know if they'll do it, but most places will let you eat at the bar if you want if there aren't any tables available. might not impress a client or date but if you just want to eat

yeah i was gonna say....i haven't been to Gibsons enough times to know if they'll do it, but most places will let you eat at the bar if you want if there aren't any tables available. might not impress a client or date but if you just want to eat

You cant take a big shooter from CLEVELAND to the bar

The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear.

The last time I had dinner with a big shooter from CLEVELAND was when my office was off Randall Road. He was picking up the check so I took him to the best restaurant in Algonquin, Montarra Grill.

I am not a legal expert, how many times do I have to say it?

"Best restaurant in Algonquin" = Oxymoron

The bar is usually filled with leather-skinned old guys wearing bracelets and attractive but somewhat past their sell-by date escorts.

Are you stoned or pissed off, or both, when you create these postings?

The story about the Park West seating makes sense to me.

The booths have always been marked "reserved" prior to the 10+ shows I've attended there.

I've always assumed you have to pay extra to get them.