Screaming Bean |
Saturday, August 16, 2003
The spouse and I went to dinner at a chain restaurant that was supposedly founded in Boston. The menu is rather wide ranging but has a heavy reliance on seafood. We ordered up a platter of various fried sea creatures, and when it was brought to the table we asked for tartar sauce and cocktail sauce. We were informed that this restaurant does not have cocktail sauce. We must have had some sort of look of incredulity because the waitress continued that, "People in Massachusetts only use tartar sauce, so we don't stock cocktail sauce here." And with that statement she left the table. Now I can see only stocking New England Clam Chowder, or spelling scrod as schrod on their menu, but no cocktail sauce? I know I've had cocktail sauce in Maine, and that's about as New England as it gets. Anyone in Massachusetts care to verify this?
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