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Asylum Street Spankers / Guy Forsyth
Asylum: an inviolable place of refuge and protection giving shelter to criminals and debtors.
Street: a thoroughfare especially in a city, town, or village that is wider than an alley or lane and that usually includes sidewalks.
Spankers: the fore-and-aft sail on the mast nearest the stern of a square-rigged ship.
Asylum Street Spankers: Crazy band from Austin featuring such instruments as the ukulele, dobro, musical saw, and washboard.
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Posted on April 3, 2008 at 11:42 a.m.
Food: 5/5 Vibe: 3/5 Service: 1/5 Value: 3/5 Overall: 3/5
My wife and I had dinner at the Tasting Room at Lola recently to celebrate a special occasion.
The evening was wonderful until about halfway through dinner when a party of eight was seated at the table next to us. Unfortunately, the members of this party were very loud and appeared to be quite intoxicated.
More unfortunately, in spite of their yelling and loud laughter across the table, which drew the attention of several people, including the waitstaff, nothing was done except to pour them more wine.
My wife and I asked our waiter to bring us our check before we had finished our dinner since we were unable to talk to each other with their yelling. Frankly, we wanted to get out of Lola The Restaurant just as fast as we could. As we left, one of the waiters shrugged his shoulders and said feebly, “Sorry . . . not our fault . . . nothing we can do.”
Our experience with The Tasting Room at Lola was certainly not the “elegant and intimate dining experience” promised on the web site. The food was marvelous. The waiters’ service to us before the arrival of the drunken louts was most gracious.
But we will remember our dinner at Lola as one of the most unpleasant dining experiences we have ever had.
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