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Officina 00

Officina 00

I find online booking sites rather weird.  They can be quite obtuse at times.  Case in point being that for 00. Such as when restaurants undertake cheap tricks to try and create an air of exclusivity.  Although I can be annoyed rather easily, this was 

Patty and Bun

Patty and Bun

I think that restaurants should carefully consider their décor.  As it is easy for artsy and kitsch to cross the line from edgy to something rather cheap and annoying. Decoration of your restaurant with random pieces of cardboard and box cartons and distressed looking furnishing 

Mangal II

Mangal II

If something is named no. 2, I would think that an entirely reasonable question is what happened to no. 1.  You would hope that the second coming is better. So Google tells me that mangal when translated is a BBQ or a social gathering of 

Formative Coffee

Formative Coffee

I assume that the name “Formative Coffee” is a reference to it being the basis (or formative) reason for many things in life.  Such as getting to work, getting dressed, brushing teeth and most importantly waking up. Otherwise if such actions did not happen it 

Vincent Rooms, Brasserie

Vincent Rooms, Brasserie

I haven’t intentionally been to a cooking school restaurant before.  I have unintentionally ended up at restaurants where the cooking style or resulting quality needed substantial room for improvement.  When it is an open kitchen, it can be amusing and enjoyable as was the case