Oooh, I promised myself I wouldn't blog about this since I didn't have anything nice to say, but it keeps bothering me so I've got to.
Ryan's Deli is across the breezeway from the new Bend.com offices downtown. I'd always thought to myself "wow, a deli just a few feet away from the elevator, this is going to be sweet come lunchtime". Unfortunately it isn't so sweet :P
Firstly they are only open from 8am to 4pm. I get in late afternoon on Tuesdays to start laying out The Bugle, work until late night, come back early am rushing deadline to finish layout, and I'm leaving so I can drive anywhere I'd like for lunch after that. What I need is a place open Tuesday Evenings that can market sandwhiches at me.
Next problem: Cash only. They accept no checks, no debit, no credit, no pencil shavings, nuthin.
Finally, I paid six bucks and all it got me was a 20 ounce drink and a 4 ounce sandwich. Half of the sandwhich was this rediculously thick slice of tomato. They tried really hard to sell me on some soup or a whole sandwhich, upwards of 7 dollars, but I was really looking to spend about $5 for lunch. I could have got a quarter sub and drink at New York Sub shop for $4.25, the quarter sub would have been toasted and weighed twice as much as this sandwhich, but I'd have had to walk like 4 blocks to get there. Same price for a drink and a bean/cheese/rice burrito with sour cream at Super B's that weighs like a pound, just one block away. Both of them guys accept credit/debit and are open until 6 or 7.
So that's my take. Trendy tourist traps peeve me.
Oh, and a note for Dane about our new offices, we have like 2 different patios overlooking belatazza's, so we could totally egg the everloving crap out of all of your livejournal friends.. if you laze the targets for us. :)
Posted by jesse at August 20, 2004 12:54 AMI usually love what you might call "trendy tourist traps," but I will not eat at a place that only accepts cash because I do not carry cash!
Posted by: DeAnn at August 20, 2004 01:09 AMSee, there you go. They are simply user un-friendly, just because nobody else downtown makes sandwhiches. They also try to heavily market their wraps, but like 3 other places downtown including a street vendor make wraps.
Posted by: Jesse Thompson at August 20, 2004 11:25 AMHans has WONDERFUL sandwhiches
Posted by: Jon's wife at August 20, 2004 01:00 PMAh, but not in the evening hours for Jess, then I'm sure it's only dinner fare at Hans. Thanks for the deli warning, my friend. And welcome back to 2-hour downtown parking heck too eh? Good luck wid dat;-)
Posted by: Barney at August 20, 2004 08:32 PMYep, it is us Vs the parking nazis :P
Posted by: Jesse Thompson at August 21, 2004 12:54 AMWell, I happen to be friends with a few of the "Parking Nazis" as you phrase it. But I could let you in on a few secret places to park that they don't ticket for. :)
Posted by: Jim Lucas at August 23, 2004 11:00 AMThat might be interesting.. but the information would probably also be ephemeral (18 months later, boom, they start ticketing the place) and in high demand (30 people learn the secret and the spaces get fought over with maces and clubs)
Also, understand that I am denouncing the company when I say "parking nazis". The employees are just doing their job, so I don't look down on them much more than I look down on contract hitmen. (and no, I haven't seen 'collateral' yet ;)