Beth G.
Yelp
Went to dinner with two friends last night. Arrived at 5:45. Ordered drinks, salad, two pizzas. At 7pm, the red haired male manager(?)came to our table and said, "we like to limits reservations to 90 mins to two hours. We have a large group coming in so we need you to move to the bar." He asked if we'd like some boxes (yes, we are still eating and need, I guess, to carry this table of food, drinks, and plates ourselves thru the restaurant to the bar?). He hands us two pizza boxes and leaves.
Mind you, we hadn't seen our waitress in quite awhile, had no check.
He comes back wondering why we haven't moved (um, bc: still no check). We asked for the check. My friend recommended that in the future, communicating to us earlier about their bad planning (how about moving us to the open table in the corner) would have been nice. She also says, "ok, but how about letting us finish since we still haven't been here for 90 minutes?
The waitress finally returns with the check.
I have been going here for years. I was willing to write this off as poor communication between the manager and the waitress. But then? I went to the bathroom on the way out and overheard the manager and waitress talking about us?! How "we started off nice..." are you serious? You are welcome for the $225 we just gave you to rush us out (our receipt shows the time stamp: 90 minutes!). Last 30 was left dealing with whatever this was.
How about: "I'm so sorry to ask this, but would u mind switching tables? Here, let us help you move...and try our dessert!"
Grateful bites in Winnetka and chicago pizza authority have comparable pizza. Chicago pizza authority really has a cracker crispy thin that's terrific. Forget being insulted and harassed at Napolita!