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maymama
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Re: What do you think of this situation?
Posted by Ophelia
Posted by maymama
Posted by HeathKernandez
Posted by maymama
Was the waiter supposed to say "what are you looking to spend?"
$45 could have easily been their house bottle or well near the bottom of the list.
$45 is not extravagant for anywhere! Olive Garden has $45 bottles of wine! Friday's has $45 bottles of wine!
You will never find wine for liquor store prices at restaurants. Wine is how these places make their $$$$$.
pssssssssst read the comments.
i read the first three pages. i can't get into it any further it hurts my brain. i guess i can't get past the $45 bottle. 
just to sum up, this place is a PUB. if Friday's cheapest bottle of wine is $45, then I will eat my shorts.
this place advertises a $17/bottle night on their website.
the girls SHOULD HAVE been slightly more involved in the choice, but I have to say I would not have expected that price either at this type of place. by halves.
not their cheapest but they have $45 bottles.
olive garden (looked at their menu online) ranges from 23-117!!!!
paddy's loft (pub) has bottles over $125!
it is COMMON practice to mark bottles up 3-4x retail. What bottle of merlot was it? I'd like to look up the retail.
I also saw the comment about the no-show fee ... that is insanity.
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ItsaJoya19
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Re: What do you think of this situation?
Posted by Ophelia
how about this. read CNC's little nifty clues and think back to your days of American Lit.
think suicide, fishing, and fighting in Spain.
think Star 80. 
got it! 
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Ayne11
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Re: What do you think of this situation?
Posted by cncforever
Posted by Bearcat
fwiw, i googled "$10 no show fee long island yelp" or something to that effect, and figured out where it was pretty easily...
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Super Sleuth
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For Whom reads this ...
A Farewell to Jamms returning..
all because you lacked in the Importance of being honest..
but LIF also Rises...
Got it! I love his house in Key West!
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Re: What do you think of this situation?
Posted by Ophelia
how about this. read CNC's little nifty clues and think back to your days of American Lit.
think suicide, fishing, and fighting in Spain.
think Star 80.
Think e[a]rnestly!
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Ayne11
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Re: What do you think of this situation?
Posted by Bearcat
Posted by Ophelia
how about this. read CNC's little nifty clues and think back to your days of American Lit.
think suicide, fishing, and fighting in Spain.
think Star 80.
Think e[a]rnestly!
or rhymes with schwemeingway
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headoverheels
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Re: What do you think of this situation?
Posted by Ayne11
or rhymes with schwemeingway
FTW.
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ItsaJoya19
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Re: What do you think of this situation?
Posted by Ayne11
Posted by Bearcat
Posted by Ophelia
how about this. read CNC's little nifty clues and think back to your days of American Lit.
think suicide, fishing, and fighting in Spain.
think Star 80.
Think e[a]rnestly!
or rhymes with schwemeingway
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maymama
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Re: What do you think of this situation?
Hemingway's is a pub trying to be a nice place? Entrees can cost upwarsd for $25-$40 so this is NOT a pub trying to be a nice(r) place.
$45 is certainly average IF that.
I go to this place on average once a month, middle of the road restaurant on LI, not a pub.
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nrthshgrl
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Re: What do you think of this situation?
Now that I know what place it is, I'd be floored if I had to pay $45 for a bottle of wine. I'd say yes the waiter took advantage of you.
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maymama
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Re: What do you think of this situation?
Posted by nrthshgrl
Now that I know what place it is, I'd be floored if I had to pay $45 for a bottle of wine. I'd say yes the waiter took advantage of you.
seriously? wow, my perception of restaurants on LI must be seriously skewed. I've traveled this country for 6 years and eaten in most of it's cities and I would not consider Hemingway's a pub or (for lack of better words) hole in the wall.
A bottle of wine that costs $45 would cost $15-$18 in a retail situation. How is that a rip of for this caliber restuarant?
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Ophelia
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Re: What do you think of this situation?
Posted by maymama
Posted by nrthshgrl
Now that I know what place it is, I'd be floored if I had to pay $45 for a bottle of wine. I'd say yes the waiter took advantage of you.
seriously? wow, my perception of restaurants on LI must be seriously skewed. I've traveled this country for 6 years and eaten in most of it's cities and I would not consider Hemingway's a pub or (for lack of better words) hole in the wall.
A bottle of wine that costs $45 would cost $15-$18 in a retail situation. How is that a rip of for this caliber restuarant?
I think a lot of the people on here and on Yelp are questioning the type of "caliber" this restaurant is.
and I don't think pubs are holes in the walls. I think they serve good food for a nice price. no shame in that.
but looking at the menu on yelp, I would say that the entrees are overpriced.
and if they have bottles of wine in their cellar that they can sell for $17 on a thursday night, they had a $25 merlot for these girls on a Saturday.
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headoverheels
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Re: What do you think of this situation?
Posted by maymama
Posted by nrthshgrl
Now that I know what place it is, I'd be floored if I had to pay $45 for a bottle of wine. I'd say yes the waiter took advantage of you.
seriously? wow, my perception of restaurants on LI must be seriously skewed. I've traveled this country for 6 years and eaten in most of it's cities and I would not consider Hemingway's a pub or (for lack of better words) hole in the wall.
A bottle of wine that costs $45 would cost $15-$18 in a retail situation. How is that a rip of for this caliber restuarant?
Unless they have revamped their menu since the last time I was there, I would definitely not call this a middle of the road restaurant. Their prices make it try to seem that way, but the truth is they are a glorified pub. Their menu is basically the same as BK Sweeneys and Singletons.
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Ayne11
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Re: What do you think of this situation?
Posted by headoverheels
Their menu is basically the same as BK Sweeneys and Singletons.
Mmmmmm BK Sweeneys......
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nrthshgrl
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Re: What do you think of this situation?
Posted by Ophelia
Posted by maymama
Posted by nrthshgrl
Now that I know what place it is, I'd be floored if I had to pay $45 for a bottle of wine. I'd say yes the waiter took advantage of you.
seriously? wow, my perception of restaurants on LI must be seriously skewed. I've traveled this country for 6 years and eaten in most of it's cities and I would not consider Hemingway's a pub or (for lack of better words) hole in the wall.
A bottle of wine that costs $45 would cost $15-$18 in a retail situation. How is that a rip of for this caliber restuarant?
I think a lot of the people on here and on Yelp are questioning the type of "caliber" this restaurant is.
and I don't think pubs are holes in the walls. I think they serve good food for a nice price. no shame in that.
but looking at the menu on yelp, I would say that the entrees are overpriced.
and if they have bottles of wine in their cellar that they can sell for $17 on a thursday night, they had a $25 merlot for these girls on a Saturday.
This is exactly what I was referring to but yes, I consider Hemingway's an overpriced pub. Nothing wrong with an overpriced pub, I just would not expect a $45 bottle of wine when they sell more reasonable (and signficantly less expensive options). If you're asking who I fault, it's the girls who ordered the bottle who allowed the waiter to pad his bill.
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