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Monica Puri Bangia
Citizen
Username: Foodie
Post Number: 1
Registered: 5-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 9, 2006 - 7:07 pm: | 
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I wanted to warn everyone about Cuban Pete's in Montclair.
I was there on Friday night with a large group, including a very pregnant friend.
We had made reservations, but had to wait for almost an hour.
Make a long story short: Someone else was given our table, and when
we questioned them, we were told to leave if we didn't like it.
The man(who turned out to be the owner!!!) later came outside where
we were waiting, and proceeded to be extremely rude and told
us again, to leave if we didn't like his attitude!
We did leave and proceeded to have a lovely evening at Thai Chef.
Before leaving I did tell him that I will make sure all of Maplewood knows
about his attitude!! |
kmk
Supporter
Username: Kmk
Post Number: 1238
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 9, 2006 - 7:40 pm: |
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Ooooooh...
First post and it's to b*tch about someone's business.
Doesn't play too well.
As a "foodie" what good things can you share? |
STRAWling
Citizen
Username: Strawling
Post Number: 1
Registered: 5-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 9, 2006 - 9:04 pm: |
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If you are treated rudely by a business, you should post about it, especially, according to the poster, since the business owner seems to have done the utmost to make the evening an unpleasant experience at Cuban Pete's. |
papayagirl
Citizen
Username: Papayagirl
Post Number: 548
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 9, 2006 - 9:14 pm: |
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Heh. I guess this is the same owner who was recently arrested for operating a sangria bar without going through the formality of getting a liquor license? Doesn't sound like he's a stellar businessman, so i'm not terribly surprised.
And for the record, we at there once. They were out of cuban sandwiches. |
SO Ref
Citizen
Username: So_refugee
Post Number: 1803
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 9, 2006 - 9:14 pm: |
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I didn't realize that the Gaslight had expanded into Montclair... |
Alleygater
Citizen
Username: Alleygater
Post Number: 1915
Registered: 10-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 10, 2006 - 9:39 am: |
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Just curious, is the Strawling, the offspring of the Strawman? |
Deacon Blues
Citizen
Username: Deacon_blues
Post Number: 52
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 10, 2006 - 1:42 pm: |
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Had a terrible experience there myself. If you want good cuban food, not a hyped atmosphere purchased at pier one, try La Havanna Cafe, written up in Ledger a couple of weeks ago. |
Alleygater
Citizen
Username: Alleygater
Post Number: 1932
Registered: 10-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 10, 2006 - 2:24 pm: |
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Where? |
Deacon Blues
Citizen
Username: Deacon_blues
Post Number: 53
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 10, 2006 - 3:04 pm: |
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Franklin Ave in Bloomfield. Not open on Sundays, as I unfortunately found out last Sunday. |
davidbuckley
Citizen
Username: Davidbuckley
Post Number: 609
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, May 11, 2006 - 10:17 am: |
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Thanks for your post Monica and welcome.
KMK, I must disagree with you. To report the kind of treatment/behavior in question is a public service and is one of the reasons for the existence of forums like this one.
I would NEVER wait for a reserved table for more than 15 minutes unless treated VERY solicitously; the treatment reported here was the opposite of solicitousness.
I would love to hear where you and Monica do like to eat and where one is treated well.
Dine well, all.
David |
Bklyngirl
Citizen
Username: Bklyngirl
Post Number: 41
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, May 11, 2006 - 1:47 pm: |
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kmk:
You should be embarrassed that even after 1238 posts, you still don't know what message boards like these are partly about.
Your post was rude and totally unecessary.
bklyngirl |
mickey
Citizen
Username: Mickey
Post Number: 438
Registered: 10-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, May 11, 2006 - 2:20 pm: |
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Cuban Pete's:
Called Saturday and asked for a reservation that night. They said a reservation wasn't necessary; just "come on down." Well, we came on down, arrived at 8:30 pm and was told the wait was a "solid hour." It was as if they wanted us to leave. So we went elsewhere. I don't expect a table at a great place w/o a reservation, but I do expect some honesty. How about, "oh we're booked solid for tonight, would you like to reserve a table for another night?" or, "We are really busy tonight; would you like to put your name on a waitlist?"...or even just "Sorry we have no room tonight" but "Come on down?????" Seems like Cuban Pete's needs to learn the reservation ropes. Monica, we love Thai Chef and I'm glad you liked it. |
soresident
Citizen
Username: Soresident
Post Number: 382
Registered: 10-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, May 11, 2006 - 5:26 pm: |
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Had a reservation there made several weeks in advance for a group of 6 on a Saturday night. When person who made the reservation called to recheck time that day, she was told that they had cancelled the reservation since she had never called before to reconfirm (she had not been told to do so). Despite fact that reservation person remembered their prior conversation, she was told we would not be accomodated that night! |
davidbuckley
Citizen
Username: Davidbuckley
Post Number: 611
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, May 11, 2006 - 5:31 pm: |
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Wow, arrogance AND rudeness AND atrocious "business" practices. You'd need a paddy wagon and a cattle prod to get me near that joint.
Steer clear, all.
David |
Copperfield
Citizen
Username: Copperfield
Post Number: 356
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Friday, May 12, 2006 - 4:49 pm: |
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Very depressing to hear about this turn of events.
We were there a few months back, it must have just opened, and they were (a) not very crowded and (b) very friendly and solicitous. The sangria bar was great and so was the food.
Success may have spoiled them and then some. No reason to treat people like that. |
Diastole
Citizen
Username: Diastole
Post Number: 17
Registered: 7-2005
| | Posted on Friday, May 12, 2006 - 4:58 pm: |
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As Yogi Berra said, Nobody goes there anymore, it's too crowded. |
Lydia
Supporter
Username: Lydial
Post Number: 1842
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, May 12, 2006 - 6:30 pm: |
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Algren's Law revised:
1. Never play poker with a man named "Doc"
2. Never sleep with anyone whose troubles are worse than your own.
3. Never eat at a place called Mom's Cuban Petes. |
Maplefan
Citizen
Username: Maplefan
Post Number: 49
Registered: 6-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, May 13, 2006 - 9:00 am: |
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La Isla in Hoboken and the many Cuban restaurants in Union City are great places to eat. |
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