On the way home, we decided to stop by Northampton, since it was on the way, and have dinner at our favorite restaurant--Haymarket. We love their curry, the sandwiches, my sister loves their salads, Peter is mad for the rice and beans and banana.
I called my sister to let her know that we were going to stop by and she was so excited--but then we got there and....THE FOOD WAS GONE!
Okay, the food wasn't gone, but their regular menu was not available and they presented us with this new fancy shmancy dinner menu and the downstairs was all covered with gauze curtains and lit candles on the tables.
Huh? Whuh?
WHAT DID YOU DO TO THE PLACE I LOVE!!!!????!!!!
It's like you meet this cool girl and she loves all the same music you like--like The Cure and The Smiths and The Pixies--and then one day she decides to listen to the Kelly Clarkson and then it's just a dangerous and slippery slide down to THE DAVE MATTHEWS BAND.
And then you have to look at her and realize...she's changed. Do you still want to be with her now that she's become just like everyone else?
The Haymarket host dude was really smug about the fact that they would not make the old menu--not even for someone who has traveled three hours just to get to their restaurant--and my father owns a restaurant, so I know restaurant kitchens. And he would never refuse to make something for a customer if it was in his power to do so.
We ended up having dinner there anyway, because I have never been disappointed at the Haymarket...until last night.
I got a mushroom risotto and Peter got something that he can't even remember and the consensus was that the food was nothing special. If I wanted to go to a nice sit-down restaurant with great food, I would go across the street to Paul and Elizabeth's.
I know this is silly, but Peter and I spent the next two hours of our ride home moaning and groaning about what happened to our favorite place.
Why do people do that? Why do they decide to FUCK with a good thing?
1 comment:
Just found your post and oddly enough, I posted something similar on my blog a couple days ago.
Haymarket's regular menu is FAR superior to the schmaltzy stuff they've brought in for "dinner service." And the gauze curtains made me feel like I was in a meat-packing facility.
I'm sorry you were so disappointed after coming from such a distance! I was thoroughly disappointed after coming from only 15 minutes away. Paul and Elizabeth's is fantastic, but next time you're in town, I'd recommend going to Bela's Vegetarian off Main on Masonic.
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