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Ocean Prime - Dallas
- Address:
2101 Cedar Springs Drive
Dallas, TX 75201Neighborhood:
- Cuisine:
SeafoodPrice: $31 to $50
Ocean Prime - Dallas
- Dining Style: Casual Elegant
- Website: http://www.oceanprimedallas.com/
- Phone: 2149650440x
- Hours of Operation:
Lunch: Monday - Friday: 11:30am - 4:00pm Dinner: Monday - Thursday: 4:00pm - 10:00pm, Friday - Saturday: 4:00pm - 11:00pm, Sunday: 4:00pm - 9:00pm
- Payment Options: AMEX,Diners Club,Discover,MasterCard,Visa
- Cuisine: Steak, Seafood
- Executive Chef: Eugenio Reyes
- Dress Code: Business Casual
- Accepts Walk-Ins: Yes
- Additional Details: Banquet/Private Rooms, Bar Dining, Bar/Lounge, Beer, Counter Seating, Entertainment, Fireplace, Full Bar, Gluten-free Menu, Happy Hour, Late Night, Non-Smoking Area, Non-Smoking Restaurant, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Private Room, Smoking Area, Smoking Area (patio only), Takeout, View, Wheelchair Access, Wine, Wine Bar
- Entertainment: Ocean Prime features live piano music in our piano bar! The music begins at 7:00pm Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
- Special Events: Join us in our Blu Lounge for Prime Hour, Monday - Friday, from 4:00 - 7:00 p.m. Enjoy selected specially priced appetizers, handcrafted cocktails and world class wines.
On Sunday evening, enjoy half-priced bottles of wine in our dining room as we offer over 200 selected* bottles from our collection. Cheers!
A word from Ocean Prime - Dallas
We create an extraordinary supper club experience serving the freshest seafood, prime steaks, handcrafted cocktails and world-class wines in a warm, welcoming atmosphere with genuine hospitality. Our executive chef uses only the finest and freshest ingredients to create inventive preparations of traditional favorites. Made from scratch dishes showcase simple, pure and regional flavors, and our menu features an array of appetizers, salads, seafood, steaks, family-style sides and house-made desserts from refreshing ahi tuna tartar, jumbo lump crab cakes & tender filet to creamy black truffle mac and cheese, succulent Chilean sea bass and decadent ten-layer carrot cake. Our well-trained bar chefs handcraft exciting cocktails, including our signature cucumber gimlet and smoking berries & bubbles. With our red carpet hospitality, Ocean Prime is the perfect destination for cocktails after work, dinner before or after the theatre, business meetings, social gatherings & everyday celebrations.Continued
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Awards voted by OpenTable diners
- Diners' Choice WinnerSeafood
- Diners' Choice WinnerMost Booked
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Ocean Prime - Dallas reviews from OpenTable diners
258 reviews since June 4, 2014
- Food4.6Service4.5
- Ambiance4.5Noise LevelModerate
special occasion (186)romantic (137)fit for foodies (92)good for groups (76)notable wine list (66)hot spot (61)vibrant bar scene (49)great for lunch (35)scenic view (30)great for outdoor dining (28)neighborhood gem (28)late-night find (17)great for brunch (16)kid-friendly (9)Show More
- Great place for special occasion!NewfoodieDined on 9/26/2014We went for my 29th birthday! We we made reservations but got sat 15 min earlier! Service was very print! We has Chilean Seabass and another type of fish! Excellent! The blueberries and bubbles cocktail was fun and yummy! The chocolate peanutbutter pie was amazing! Def a little more pricey that what we usually do but glad to say I have experienced it!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Upscale Dining SpotFoodDivaDined on 9/23/2014Fun, classy, atmosphere, with excellent service and delicious food and drinks.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- DeliciousfoodfunDined on 9/20/2014Exceeded all expectations. Everything was great! Will definitely go back!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- SUPERB SERVICEJHAL1Dined on 9/19/2014Food is fantastic and the ambiance and feel of the restaurant is great. What really set this apart from any other night out was the service. From the valet to the hostess everyone was wonderful. Our waiter was simply the best I have ever had. Friendly, outgoing and knowledgeable. I felt like we had know him for years. The flow of the evening was perfect . In a word......OUTSTANDING.Special Features:
- Nice resto, good overallLouiseabroadDined on 9/17/2014Great salad, excellent red fish, risotto was way too salty. Menu was interesting and service was excellent. Nice surroundings.Special Features:
- OK when the food finally arrivesGourmetGourmandVIPDined on 9/16/2014Ocean Prime is a neighborhood fall back when we don't feel like cooking and are not up for anything more adventuresome. Service is normally fine, the food predictable, and the drinks well poured. But even predictable can have a bad day..... We'll probably go back again, ask for "any server except Stephen", a table that's not hidden and forgotten, and the chance to order entrees before waiting a hour sipping warm drinks and nursing an appetizer. The saddest thing was that all of the tables around us were having similar issues. The manager was roving but seemed unaware or unconcerned.
- TootieVIPDined on 9/16/2014Really good food & wine....service was fine but I had noted it was my friend's bday & not much was mentioned about that : (Special Features:
- Kids Loved ItHappyMomDined on 9/15/2014Ocean Prime is not the first place you think of as "kid-friendly," but they have an amazing kids menu (think mini filet mignon , awesome homemade fries and fresh lemonade). We were there for my husband's birthday celebration with the kids, and they were treated with the utmost respect by the staff. We went early so as not to bother the late night customers, but it was a wonderful experience and definitely would return with the kiddos.Special Features:
- Business MeetingWrghtbrntDined on 9/10/2014This was my first visit with business clients and will definitely be added to my rotation of restaurants to go back too.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- lollyDined on 9/7/2014First, I was impressed that they had a Gluten Free Menu but also were willing to alter other entrees to meet my needs. I chose the pork chop from the gluten free menu and it was excellent - spices and seasonings interesting. Most of the time gluten free means boring. We were there on a Sunday night rather early and the restaurant was not crowded so hard to make comment on noise. We were in a corner and were able to talk and hear. That is the reason we were eating out. Service was excellent, but, once again, very few diners. All in all a good experience that I intend to repeat.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Dinner with out-of-twon friendsBill75034Dined on 9/6/2014Food was very good, but a little pricey. House salad is a gem. My veal chop was cooked perfectly, but the chop was very fatty. Do not recommend the vinagered peppers as part of the veal chop recipe. They were an odd distraction to an otherwise nice preparation. Service was outstanding... attentive, prompt, our server made some great recommendations. Wine list was extensive, but also pricey. Easy to find the same bottle at other high-end Dallas restaurants for tens of dollars less.Special Features:
- great pre-concert dinner.DallasdudeVIPDined on 9/6/2014Had a group going to a concert at the Winspear. Half the group wanted fish, half wanted steak. Everyone left happy. And the service was impeccable.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- One of Our FavoritesGuido1947Dined on 9/6/2014Impeccable service and food. The Calamari appetizer is excellent and the fish entrees are prepared to perfection.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Totally perfectDallasGuy88Dined on 9/5/2014The food was incredible and our waiter was a very charismatic, interesting gentleman who took great care of us. Totally perfect evening.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- 5th Anniversary DinnerDawgfanDined on 9/5/2014Chose Ocean Prime for something new for our 5th Wedding Annivesary. Did not tell the wife where we were going and she was very pleased with my choice. Great place for a special occasion. The service was great and everyone that came by the table told us Happy Anniversary. Definetly a repeater for a great night out with the wife.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Wonderful dinner!DiningExpert1Dined on 9/4/2014The Chilean Sea Bass is incredible! The restaurant is beautiful and service was awesome! We came hereti celebrate my mom"a birthday. She will always find something wrong with a place. She could not say anything wrong at Ocean Prime.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- AwesomeGoodfuud4meDined on 9/4/2014Food was amazing! My new favorite place!!! Scallop dish was excellent, drinks were good as well!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Always perfect!ShariCDined on 9/3/2014Ocean Prime is reliably delicious with great service. Highly recommended for all occasions!Special Features:
- ExcellentLive2EatDined on 9/3/2014We are foodies with a picky pallet. OP is outstanding! From the mouthwatering prime New York strip to the unbelievable salmon, this place was outstanding at every turn. We were seated early, the wait staff was perfectly timed, the menu selections covered a wide spectrum from beef to seafood. We've dined in high end restaraunts from coast to coast and this place can take a seat at the front of the line. Spoil yourself with a night out at Ocean Prime, it will live up to your every expectation.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- If You Love SeabasscookieDined on 8/31/2014Ocean Prime has delicious food, especially the Seabass. It quite enough for good conversation and ther is a great wine list. I would recommend a date night!Special Features:
- Great nightOpenTable Diner Since 2010VIPDined on 8/30/2014Waitress needs work, but the manager noticed the situation and stepped up. Very good food and wine. Great atmosphere. We will definitely be back.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great ServiceTheHydesDined on 8/30/2014They wait staff really cater to thier guest. The ambiance is very romantic. The food is very appealing, especially the beautiful desserts. The portions are small for a entree, so don't expect a to go box. The tables are a bit crowded in the dining room, so a booth would be a better option. However, a nice place to check off your bucket list if you are in Dallas.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- best steaks anywhereHowardCessVIPDined on 8/30/2014The best rib eye, the best filet mignon, the best new York! And the best corn side to go with those amazing steaks!I would recommend this to a friend.
- It was Just OkayOpenTable Diner Since 2011Dined on 8/29/2014The food was just ok. I expected it to be top notch! Yet is was lacking in flavor and taste. The fish was rubbery and the "prime" steak chewy! Yuck! The desert was the best part of the meal.Special Features:
- East Texas DinerDFWDinerDined on 8/29/2014Our second visit and it was just as wonderful as the first. The sommelier helped us pair a great bottle of wine for our price range and she was right on, it was wonderful. The dinner was delicious and the service is always first rate, not too much. Overall great experience.Special Features:
- ExcellentjslawDined on 8/26/2014The sea bass was one of the best I've ever had! Their peanut butter chocolate dessert was devine! Excellent service! I highly recommend!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Delicious!DowntonLuncherDined on 8/26/2014Recently scheduled a business lunch meeting for three. We all ordered the blackened redfish which was delicious. Portion size was perfect (not too large or small). Service was excellent. Will be back.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- OKOpenTable Diner Since 2011VIPDined on 8/23/2014I made a reservation with the intention of attending the restaurant week event. I got to the restaurant to find that the menu was no longer available - disappointing. I ended up getting a glass of wine, salad, and surf n' turf appetizer, plenty! I also shared the carrot cake dessert with my group. I would return for a special occasion, however I was disappointed by the waitress, she was particularly unfriendly.Special Features:
- HeavenfoodievirgoDined on 8/19/2014Is this what heaven is like. I'm sold. A marvelous place that doesn't take itself too serious. Perfect!Special Features:
- superwillie1Dined on 8/19/2014Food was spectacular....."12 stars". Their "thank you" call for dining with them that we received the next day was a first in our years of dining out. Wait staff: polished in their manner.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Goodps7576Dined on 8/19/2014Was here with my section of the firm. The food and service was great.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- It was an excellent experience.TheTruthDinerDined on 8/18/2014I was absolutely astonished by the level of excellence. I chose this place for dinner and to propose to my girlfriend and I could not have picked a better one. The staff assisted me with organizing a plan, the offered champaign on the house and I recieved a follow-up the next day congratulating us on our engagement. That's what I call amazing service.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Love the Sea BassPanameraDined on 8/17/2014The food is always delish!!! I love the Sea Bass it is the best I've tasted. The service is great and I love the Orchid drink. The only thing I would change is the ugly old looking flower arrangements.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- First time!melandersonDined on 8/17/2014This was my first time dining at Ocean Prime. I went with a girl friend for restaurant week. I was so impressed by our waiter Gadi. He was so wonderful and helpful!!! The food and wine was so amazing. I will be going back soon. Thank you!Special Features:
- Wonderful Experience!RlpplanotxDined on 8/17/2014We went for restaurant week and will definitely be back! We loved the way the restaurant is divided up in sections so it isn't too noisy. Food and service were fabulous! I had the sea bass and my husband had the filet, both were cooked perfectly and delicious! They have a large bar area so will try happy hour there soon too!Special Features:
- Food & Service Were GreatMamaLLDined on 8/17/2014Had dinner with my husband here and we had a great experience. The filet mignon, chilean sea bass, lobster bisque, chocolate peanut butter pie and carrot cake were delicious! Although, we preferred the carrot cake without the pineapple syrup. Sometimes the classics are perfect the way they were intended to be. Our waiter was very friendly and accessible. We had a great date night for the first time since having our baby!Special Features:
- Great placeglaubDined on 8/17/2014The food and service were exceptional. I will recommend Ocean Prime Restaurant to my friends as well as my customers who ask my opinion for a place to eat.Special Features:
- Overall Good Dining ExperienceKevin57Dined on 8/17/2014Parking lot to table and back very good, nicely paced service. Waiter did a nice job pairing wine for my filet and my wife's Sea Bass. Both were prepared to perfection. All in a setting that is very nicely appointed, yet quite comfortable. We truly enjoyed the evening.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Classy upscale joint uptownfoodnutDined on 8/17/2014Quite simply, the best filet I have ever eaten. Anywhere. The chocolate peanut butter dessert was outstanding and even though I was full beyond belief, I forced myself to finish it, it was that good. The truffle oil deviled eggs were simply delicious and I don't like deviled eggs. Service was impeccable and the decor was classy and fit the overall vibe.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- OpenTable Diner Since 2011Dined on 8/16/2014it was 4 of us in our table, we were very please with the service, the waiter was very attentive and informative and the food was fantastic - we will go again.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.


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Minnesota banks getting bailed out: the list
ProPublica, a non-profit investigative reporting outfit, has set up a handy reference tool so people can track the $300 billion in bank and other business bailouts approved by the Treasury Department. Here's the current list that includes Minnesota-based banks, as well as Wells Fargo, which has major operations here:
Wells Fargo (San Francisco): $25 billion
U.S. Bancorp (Minneapolis): $6.599 billion
TCF Financial (Wayzata): $361.2 million
HMN Financial/Home Federal Savings Bank (Rochester): $26 million
Crosstown Holding Company/21st Century Bank (Blaine): $10.7 million
Redwood Financial (Redwood Falls): $2.995 million
This week, President Obama had harsh words for the generous bonuses Wall Street executives awarded themselves while taxpayers were bailing out their companies. Earlier this week, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner announced that the government would make the Troubled Asset Relief Program, popularly known as TARP, more transparent by posting additional documents online – a welcome development, in Whistleblower's opinion, for a program at least five times larger than Minnesota's annual state spending.

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There's hasn't been an execution in North Carolina for two years. Not that the state doesn't want to kill anyone. It's got 163 prisoners sitting on death row at Central Prison in Raleigh right now. But the state hasn't had a chance to kill anyone since August 2006. Down in North Carolina they are in the middle of a de facto moratorium on executions.
The execution shut-down happened because of a disagreement about the role doctors should play in a state killing. It finally reached the state Supreme Court last week. Well, that didn't seem to help any. In fact, there are a number of disagreeing factions involved in this dispute. I'm not talking about those that are fer versus those that are agin capital punishment. Apparently, no one is arguing that these 163 guys shouldn't be killed in the first place. Oh no. It's just who's gonna be involved in the killin' and then who's gonna have to make the final decision about who's involved. I wonder if it really comes down to just who wants to sleep good at night.
Excuset he sarcasm. You do have to be alive to get to sleep, don't you. It's the ones they kill that get the Deep Sleep. No Ambien for them.
The Associated Press calls it a "legal morass" (ahem). A morass is a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot. If they were going to put you to night-night forever, any land underfoot would give you a sinking feeling, right?
A morass is also anything that entraps. And, a confused or complicated situation from which escape seems impossible -- unless you can figure out how to get the lawyers and doctors to keep arguing. Then try and get state legislators involved --- yes, more lawyers.
The word "present" plays a big role in this debate. Way back 99 years ago, when North Carolina was switching from hanging to the electric chair in 1909, executions were changed from the local level to the state capital. That's when the law was passed, so a medical authority would be able to certify the death to the locals, according to the Fayetteville Observer. Other than being present during executions and certifying the condemned person had died, the law doesn't describe the doctor's role.
The North Carolina Department of Correction says that state law requires doctors to take part in executions. The N.C. Medical Board disagrees and says medical ethics against hurting patients bar doctors from doing anything more than certifying the death. Well, yes, the doctors have been doing more at executions.
Apparently starting in 2006, doctors have monitored equipment that measures the condemned prisoner's brain waves, following a federal lawsuit questioning whether capital punishment violates the U.S. Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment. The doc was supposed to warn if the inmate started to wake up from an unconscious state. If he were to wakeup, then he would suffer extreme pain from one of the drugs used to kill him and the state would be violating the Constitution. The executioners could increase the sedative dose used to keep the inmate unconscious during the injection of the painful, heart-stopping poison, based on the physician's observations.
It's that level of participation, says the Medical Board, that violates the age old medical ethic "Do No Harm." At the beginning of 2007, the board told North Carolina physicians, whom they certify to practice, that should they do more than watch the execution and certify the death, they would face punishment. There haven't been any executions since then because no doctor in the state is willing to take part.
Last week during the state Supreme Court's discussions, Justice Ed Brady told the court that he looked up the word "present" in a Merriam-Webster dictionary and declared his dictionary read "actually involved," reported the Fayetteville Observer. Additionally, Justice Brady asked the Medical Board lawyer why the lawmakers would require a doctor's presence if they didn't expect him to take part.
"Now a physician has got his education, his training and experience. If he's just standing there, or sitting like a potted plant, what's the purpose of that?"
Hey, we know from research that if a designated murderer (research assistant) walks into a room of potted plants and pulls one out of its pot by its roots, that later the potted plants that witnessed the murder physiologically react ("scream") when they see the murderous student again.
Justice Brady later asked whether having a doctor attend an execution would be like handing a loaded gun to someone who then fires it. Uh, if we're mixing metaphors, can a potted plant shoot a gun?
The Associated Press reported that even when the high Court rules on the role of doctors, it was not clear if state executions would resume. All sides -- attorneys of the state's medical licensing board, the state prison system and the court's justices-- agreed that the issue should be decided by lawmakers. However the North Carolina legislature has shown little inclination to deal with the issue. In the past two years, lawmakers filed at least two bills to address the physician's role and ensure that there would be no punishment by the medical for participation in an execution. What happened? No action was taken on either bill.
Last January, the New England Journal of Medicine printed an editorial, "Physicians And Execution," in which it made it very clear that medical doctors should never be involved in state killing. The history of lethal injection is particularly significant:
"Lethal injection was introduced in the United States in 1977 explicitly to sanitize executions, since the older methods --hanging, electrocution, and chemical gassing -- were considered to be inhumane.The three-drug regimen that is commonly used was proposed by an Oklahoma forensic pathologist, Dr. A. Jay Chapman, and adopted by the state legislature without any scientific or medical testing. Injected drugs, now used in all but 1 of 37 states in which capital punishment is legal, have been part of the increasing medicalization of executions and the enlistment of medical personnel to lend them apparent moral legitimacy.
Since 1977 the Oklahoma regimen has been used in approximately 900 executions, several dozen of which have been botched because of infiltration of intravenous lines, inadequate anesthesia, drug precipitation when solutions of sodium thiopental and pancuronium bromide are mixed, and other problems. In a vivid example, an inmate in Ohio in 2006 raised his head repeatedly during the execution and said, "It don't work."
It is definitely worth the time to read the entire editorial, just click on the above link to the New England Journal of Medicine.
In the end the editorial advises all responsible members of the medical profession when asked to assist in a state-ordered execution "remember the Hippocratic Oath and refuse to participate."


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Question ?? size of a glass wine pour
Ate at a restaurant that gets good feedback on the board yesterday. Sat at the bar which was the experience i was looking for .. which at the moment i will leave nameless... the food was excellent but the pour of a glass of wine was minuscule which to be blunt pissed me off and in my humble opinion gave me a negative view of my dinning experience.
When getting such a small pour (for a regular price) how do you handle this and does that part of the dining equation impact your overall experience from that restaurant?
i use the general rule that a good pour is 1/5 - 1/4 bottle, so about 150 - 180 ml. anything less seems insulting, especially if you're paying $12+/glass. Ms. Coasts and I usually order by the bottle, so it's not an issue, but i have looked around at others before ordering by the glass. if the pour is minuscule, as you say, i'll pass and order something else.
Agree with coasts that a 5 or 6 oz pour seems normal. Berns in Florida has varied sizes depending on the wine and it's category, even down to 1.5 oz, but they always tell you exactly what you are getting. To give you a short pour unwarned is rather cheesy
Wine by the glass is rarely a good deal. A normal pour is 4 ounces. Anything less would be very stingy, 5 or 6 would be generous. Since the price of a glass is typically 1/4 that of a bottle, it is always more economical to buy a bottle if you will be having 4 or more glasses, unless you want to try several different wines.
re: rrems
true, wine by the glass is rarely a good deal by the numbers...but pretty often, especially if i'm having dinner at the bar, the bartender will give the third glass for free, plus very liberal quarter-glass tastes of various things...granted, it's expected that you tip a little bit more as a thank you, but in my personal experience it often ends up far cheaper than ordering a bottle...
re: invinotheresverde
invinotheresverde, many restaurant owners actually encourage this practice (to an extent) as a way of tipping their own bartenders, since the customer always tips more in these situations, and it also generally contributes to a convivial atmosphere where the customer is likely to return, w/ friends, and/or stay longer and order more food, digestifs, etc...
re: fourunder
it's quite common...it's called a buyback...
re: psawce
Huh. The last buyback I got in New York was this past Thursday. Which makes me wonder what I did wrong on Saturday. Harrumph.
re: invinotheresverde
This topic originated on the manhattan board, so I guess many New Yorkers are following it. I agree with smallh that it's quite common to be comped on your third or fourth drink.
re: coasts
Ahh. I've heard it's common In NYC. It's definitely not in Boston.
re: invinotheresverde
It is common to buyback or 4th or 5th drink...and yes usually it is on Beer or Liquor(usually in shots) as wine is far too expensive cost by glass ranging from $2-$6 cost to the owner per glass. No one seems to realize that you are not just paying for whats in the wine glass....you are also paying for the GLASS itsself...the bartender who poured it and the server who served it to you as well as the busboy who had to clean it off the tabe to the actually dishwasher who has to actually clean it among the many other costs that there are in the restaurant business. I love how the one person responded by saying "typically it is a 5oz pour so there are 6 glasses to a bottle" lol. Do not even know how many ounces there are in bottle of wine and making comments.
re: rrems
Most that I encounter have been 4 - 6 oz. In the stemware that most restaurants that I frequent, that is about 1/3 - 1/2 a "glass," but that is what I want.
If they serve in a mini-carafe, I most often ask the server to NOT pour the entire portion, as I want some room in my glass.
re: muskie
How small were the pours? 3 oz?
re: muskie
When dining solo, half bottles are a good option (if a restaurant has them).
re: muskie
Perhaps regretfully, tonight at Gagnaire in Paris did just that.
re: muskie
Well of course it was!
This is a pet peeve of mine... particularly when ti happens at a wine bar. A strict glass is 6 to a bottle so roughly 5 oz.... Have a look around to see the glasses the use and how they pour... order appropriately. More often than not the pours especially at the bar are liberal... moreso than they might be at the tables.
Last week had dinner at "What Happens When" waited 30 minutes for my 8:30 rez, they comped the first glasses and the bartender kept giving us tastes of cocktails. Then the 2nd glasses with dinner were poured as if they were water glasses. Food was pretty good too... I like it when a place does the right thing. (and to cap the night off, the cabbie screwed up on the way home and turned off the meter without me arguing any point (I gave him the same as it cost on the way there... he shouldn't be penalized for doing the right thing))
What Happens When
25 Cleveland Pl, New York, NY 10012
Depending on the restaurant and bottle of wine a taste could be anywhere from 1-3 oz. Typically a glass is 5 oz. perhaps a little under. Next time, instead of being pissed off, question the server to get some feedback
Ate at the bar last night at Veritas on East 20th. Very generous pour of a St. Emilion Bordeaux. Very gracious service. Highly recommend. Plus not too many places in the city where you are going to get a good St. Emilion by the glass.
I also liked that you had the choice of ordering from the regular menu or from a more casual bar menu at Veritas. The same delicious bread and butter as the main dining room, including a very nice brioche. I found the experience vastly superior to the hyped Bar Modern. Better food choices, vastly superior selection of wines by the glass and I thought the bread and butter served at Bar Modern were mediocre (and the butter served too cold). Basically, I felt Bar Modern was a factory and Veritas intimate and friendly.
43 East 20th St., New York, NY 10003
re: Harters
I wish we had the UK system, too. In Scotland, we ordered by the 150 ml or 250 ml. So much easier.
re: chowser
personally i hate the UK system...while it does make things uniform, there is something about the careful measuring that seems to destroy the conviviality of wine drinking, like the bar is being miserly about every last drop...i even feel a little embarassed for the bartenders there watching them pour wine like h.s. science students...
My understanding is that a pour of wine is 5oz (about five per bottle) - these days I think they are bigger - about four per bottle. I've never heard of 6 glasses per bottle in a restaurant - at home, yes...
It sure does feel nice when you get a nice pour and they bring it in one of those little mini carafes and you can pour the rest yourself - it might be the same amount, but it feels like more - I had this at Miailino - I think it was officially a glass and a half - which I shared with my Mother and still had plenty.
I've handled it by asking at the time it is served, "How many ounces do you regularly give in a glass?" If they don't know, or have to check with the bar and come back with an answer of say, "5 ounces," I will just retort that, "That doesn't seem to be 5 ounces to me." They've always accommodated me.
However, I never order more than one glass of wine with my meal, so I don't want to be cut off short.
re: Rella
i am guessing 3 Ounces as i never really measured what a 3 oz glass of wine looks like but i do know what a "small" pour looks likes. I agree half bottle would have been the solution. I just felt that by pouring such a small amount of wine for a glass pour it devalued the overall experience. I will not go back there for just this reason
re: muskie
If the food was excellent, would you consider giving it another try with a guest so you could order a bottle of wine?
re: escondido123
No i would not my $'s are too hard earned and i feel a place that treats you that way makes you for a fool, as they where quick to ask if i wanted a second glass
re: muskie
And did you take that opportunity to say "Not if it's as stingy as the first"?
re: escondido123
did not at that point i was pissed and thinking what a rip
re: muskie
I see you live in Manhattan, I guess you can always find another good place. Wish I had your kind of options.
re: muskie
Muskie, hopefully this will make you smile. In 1995 I took my 96 year old great grandmother to lunch at a Cajun restaurant. She ordered a margarita and I ordered a soda being under age. The waitress asked me if she was "allowed" to have the alcohol and I answered yes since she was buying lunch. When served she received a small half a glass of margarita. When the waitress checked back in later in the meal my GGM didn't miss a beat by asking for her "other half" of her margarita. She brought another one right over and got the point. We still have a family joke about asking for the other half when someone gets shorted.
re: muskie
Yes............ 3 ounces would be a very small glass by any measure, unless the price was adjusted accordingly. Having poured tastes and glasses for years I must suggest that the size of the glass has a lot to do with your impression of the amount you receive. Could there be something in that?
It's always difficult to revisit these things via memory but also not all that easy to ask that it be explained or measured when served. But your post is not discerning whether this was the standard pour or possibly just a mistake. It just sounds a bit harsh to write off a good restaurant because of something you could have gone into rather easily at the time with your server.
re: muskie
In the last 6 months or so, I decided to see what a 5 ounce pour looks like. Since I love wine glasses and have plenty, but recently I've collected a few Reidels and just recently a bargain 4-glass set of Bordeaux wine glasses at Wegmans.
I've done this out of curiousity as I've been asked numerous times by doctors "how many glasses of wine do you drink a week?" one of their standard questions. Also reading about the French and their consumption of wine vs. heart attacks creates an interest in "How much is in a glass of wine."
Now I feel pretty confident in sizing up just how much wine I did get and don't feel shy about asking about it if I feel it isn't up to standard.
There is one chain restaurant I go to a couple of times a year that ALWAYS gives a good pour! I always get their house wine and it is always good value even without the good-sized pour.
Here is the San Francisco Chronicle's food critic's take:
re: nocharge
thanks for this but even the glass size i would have considered standard
re: muskie
So What Was The Glass Of Wine You Ordered And Where From. I Think That Might Put This In Better Perspective.
re: muskie
I had a funny experience once, when I received the worlds smallest pour. I'm pretty sure I know what happened. I suspect the waiter/bartender had been schooled in the fact that when you serve wine in a big, balloon shaped burgandy glass, you just bring the wine up to the wide part of the bowl. Except, that this balloon shaped glass was of the old-fashioned Italian restaurant size...very small. So when he poured that little puddle of wine in the botton of the bowl, it was about 2 ounces.
Conversely, I had a waitress once who was new. When she went over to the bar and poured my glass, I watched it glug glug glug into a nice big Bordeaux glass...just about to the rim. I'd say she poured in half the bottle. Unfortunately, it was lunchtime....
OK, so coming into the discussion purely on the basis of the topic...Ya ll mean, unlike straight up shots, a wine pour has NO standard.? You gets what they wanna pour you?
Geesh I mean, w e know about cheater shots and cheater pints, you folks have no standards, at all, that anyone can point to?
Wow. just wow. I can smell that special bouquet from here.
re: Quine
Well............you're right................. the 'standard' is "a glass", and glasses vary all over the place in size. But we all know that bartenders vary widely in how much of the actual spirit they put in mixed drinks and wine 'glasses' are the same. Next time one of us should try ordering "five shots" of wine and see what happens. ;o)
OTOH some winebars do use measured pourers but I've only seen them when it's a flight of different wine 'tastes' being served. Often that's a function of state licensing laws.
In the UK a glass of wine is bought by size - 125, 175 or 250ml. It is measured, usually (99% of the time) accurately - but ocasionally the pourer is generous.
How are you supposed to know how much you have had to drink if you don't know how big the glass is? And how can you judge price if you don't know what you'll be getting?
re: muskie
I think Peg is making the point that, for those of us who live in parts of the world where a bought glass of wine is a specific amount, she finds it odd that there are parts of the world where this isnt the case. I would entirely agree with her - the issue you raise of feeling ripped off, in the OP, simply wouldnt occur here.
re: Harters
I'd never thought of that, Harters, but at the same time so little is standardized here in the US - very much including the price of a glass - that none of us is surprised much by how much wine we get for how much money, unless we've paid more than we usually do and get a drop in a thimble.
Something I encountered in a popular (if not top-grade) wine-making locale south of Los Angeles was a number of wine bars and restaurants that advertised the size of their pours. The best glass I'd had after a day of travelling and tasting was a zinfandel from another part of California, an advertised eight ounces in a generously sized balloon glass for just $12. That's basically what I serve myself at home, and the wine and the quantity were both quite pleasing.
re: Will Owen
i live in boston and am seeing more and more places offering pours of various amounts. great idea.
also more common are etched wine glasses so the server can see where to end the pour. over-pouring is a killer to wine costs. it also eliminates the potential for a guest feeling shorted.
re: Will Owen
We've only felt ripped off once in America, Will. Restaurant in upstate New York. My wife ordered a glass of wine and it came as the proverbial thimble.
We've become used to how expensive wine can be on the western side of the Pond. It certainly moderates my wife's booze consumption (I don't drink these days)
re: beevod
I saw a glass of wine cost of $8 last week. The bottle at the same restaurant was asking $30. The same wine, same year, etc. $7.99, the same day at Costco.
If there is a party of two, usually, and only one drinks wine, then it usually doesn't pay to buy a bottle, whether there is a disparity in 5x4 or not.
Of course, if there is a party of 4 and each has a glass, then it would be more, or as reasonable, I suppose.
re: Rella
Well, if that same bottle were sold at a 'regular' wine shop it would probably be sold at more like $10-$12 (given Costco's very low markup structure and their volume purchasing). That is.................... until the shop owner found out it was at Costco for so much less, then he'd stop carrying it. 2.5 to 3 times 'normal' retail is not all that high in many restaurants.
re: Midlife
It is my understanding that with wines by the glass, many restaurants try to recoup the cost of the entire bottle from a single glass.
Although I hated my lunch experience last week at Bar Modern in New York City, I appreciated that the Boxler Grand Cru Pinot Gris was only $28 a glass and not the $51 to $75 a bottle that the wine retails for (although I guess nobody is going to pay $51 for a glass of wine).
re: omotosando
Just for a point, the wine is at Woodland Hills north of LA for $ 29/bottle
re: Delucacheesemonger
I should have specified that it was the 2004 Boxler Grand Cru Pinot Gris. I checked on wine-searcher.com and the 2004 was only available in two locations ranging from $51 to $75. I order a lot from Woodland Hills Wine Company and I see they have the 2008 for $31.99. Off topic, but interesting whether the 2004 is worth a $20 or more premium over the 2008, especially since Pinot Gris is not known as a wine for aging.
re: Rella
In the days when I drank alcohol, we would always order a bottle of wine between the two of us. Nowadays, Mrs H orders either a half bottle (assuming that the restaurant offers a decent selection and it fits with her food choices), or two or three glasses (to better match the food).
Mark-up on individual glasses is certainly high and I wouldnt be surprised to hear that a place was recouping full wholesale cost of the bottle in a single glass - not least as single glasses tend to be from budget ranges of wine. That said, one local place (where the owner prides himself on his wine list), will serve a single glass from any bottle on its list. It charges at one fifth of bottle price which is very reasonable considering the usual six glasses per bottle.
re: Rella
interesting that the bottle was a little cheaper than four glasses - 4 x 8 is $32, because we have noticed a few restaurants in S Fl where the wine is NOT cheaper by the bottle and is sometimes more expensive that buying 4 glasses. You'd think a bottle would be cheaper than 4 glasses to give an incentive to buy the whole bottle.
re: smartie
Seems like an exception. Based on my experience at least.
re: smartie
They're most likely using a 4 or 5 ounce pour, which would mean there are 5 or 6 glasses per bottle, not 4.
I live in Utah, so even if the restaurant isn't shorting you, the pour will still be small. The only way to combat this is to order by the bottle or bring your own and pay corkage. This isn't all bad, though. Usually when I get it by the glass the previously-opened bottle hasn't been vacuum-sealed and is starting to taste funky. I've also been given a tiny glass filled to the top--which I appreciate--which leaves no room for swirling, etc. If you order a bottle, you may drink as much as you like and fill the glass however you like.
re: OnBlank
What is a normal corkage fee?
I've only been one place where I've been able to use this situation - In Montreal. It was nice in that "conveniently" a "liquor" store was immediately next door.
re: OnBlank
In Los Angeles, normal corkage at an upscale restaurant is $35. Lower at less upscale restaurants. One restaurant is charging $50 corkage, but I think that is mostly a way of discouraging you from bringing your own.
re: OnBlank
Ordering by the bottle is not a good option when you are alone or with someone who doesn't drink.
re: omotosando
Or, if you want a different type of wine with appetizer, dinner and/or dessert. My husband and I rarely/never order the same food and want different types of wine to accompany our meal. It's not cost effective but it maximizes our enjoyment of dinner. Plus, it lets us sample different types of wine. I can't remember the last time we ordered a bottle.
re: Delucacheesemonger
Last week I was eating three course meals in France for €25!
Not 3* of course.
re: Harters
Tonight l wished l were.
re: Delucacheesemonger
I notice on the Carrabba's wine list (online) they list price of wine by Glass, Quartino, and Pitcher. Listed similarly thus for a Pinot Grigio, Santa Margherita, Italy: Glass 10.5/quartino 15/Bottle 41.
One of their wine is listed "Glass 6/Quartino9/Pitcher23"
I haven't seen "quartino" before. I guess their glass and pitcher amount is what they determine, but I wonder what quartino might be.
re: Monica
Otto and other Batali/Bastianich restaurants tend to serve wine by the quartino, which is 250ml, or 1/3 of a bottle. This is a larger pour than any glass of wine that you'll likely find.
As to the value I suspect it's better than at most places, if only because the value at Batali's restaurants tend to be good values. But not because of the size of the serving.
re: tommy
If you get a small pour it gets very, very awkward to ask the server about it. You are basically accusing them of screwing you. Hard to find a polite way to do this.
I was in a place recently that offered 4 oz. or 6 oz. pours. My wife and I each ordered the 6 oz. but found that with those sizes being so close, it was hard to tell if we actually got the larger size we ordered, or just the 4 oz. They are each "approximately" what I would eyeball a glass of wine to be.
We felt there was a good chance that they poured 4 oz. by mistake but still charged us for 6 oz. Nothing we could do about it short of getting out a measuring cup.
re: egon61
One of the major chains - maybe Ruby Tuesdays - offers
a choice of 5 or 8 oz pours, IIRC. Only there once with a
group so not totally sure.
Some places will let you take an unfinished, open bottle
with you. Seems to depend on local liquor laws and
management policy
was at a fancy restaurant for lunch a few weeks ago where both my husband and I ordered a glass of wine which costed about $20 each. The server poured a smaller amount in my glass than my husband's....I noticed right away but it was just too silly to say something..so I let it go and said to my husband, I just lost 5 bucks.
re: Monica
re: hotoynoodle
Yes that is a mistake on the servers part and is attributed to poor training....whoever orders the bottle is the person who the bottle is presented to as well as the person who should be asked to try the wine
re: HateWannabeCritics
i work as a sommelier. if i didn't know the proper steps of service here, i wouldn't be complaining would i? ;)
btw, this ONLY happens when i am dining with a male. if just with girlfriends, the bottle is always brought to me. it has happened with servers of each gender and across the age spectrum.
re: hotoynoodle
Lol well...most of the people who complain online and blog are people who just like to feel like a critic hence my name lol. People go to a place and have a bad or subpar experience and they cant wait to go online to gripe to others what a bad experience they had..meanwhile it was one experience and more likely they were wrong about what happened as to the stupid old saying "the customer is always right" as we all know its really the customer is right..when they ARE right, but in this business you have to eat alot of $hit from people.
re: HateWannabeCritics
With the diverse backgrounds of posters here, and many with a great deal of experience in food/wine fields, you'll probably want to dial back on your presumptions in that area until you've had more time to evaluate. Just sayin'. This is not Yelp! ;o)
re: hotoynoodle
Hotoy, what you might try doing when you order the wine is to ask the server some fairly detailed questions about the wine so that it is obvious that you have sommelier knowledge. Then, if the server still blunders and shows the bottle to your b/f then say "hey, I was hoping to see that..."
re: Tripeler
lol, i feel no need to prove my street cred. if the server can't perform basic steps of service, it's not my issue. i don't find it offensive, but quite ignorant.
re: hotoynoodle
The setting: my sister's and BIL's wedding dinner @ the "nice restaurant" in The Excalibur in Las Vegas about 17-18 years ago (said restaurant no longer there).
I ordered the bottle of white, my brother ordered the red. I fully expected my brother to get the full treatment and for me to be ignored.
The waiter returned with both bottles and showed me the bottle of white, and poured me the sample to taste. He showed my brother the red and decanted it and placed it near him and came back a bit later to pour the red - first for my brother to taste and then for whoever else wanted red.
My brother and I just looked at each other after the waiter stepped away and we both said quietly "Big tip!"


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Florida A&M has re-entered the national rankings, earning the No. 23 spot in this week's Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA) coaches poll.
The Rattlers defeated Morgan State 31-28 in overtime Saturday in Baltimore, improved their record to 6-2 overall and 4-1 in the MEAC. FAMU's only losses this season have been to the University of Miami and South Carolina State, the defending MEAC champion and the No. 10 team in this week's rankings.
The only other Black College team in the poll — Prairie View (5-1) — made its debut last week and currently sits one spot ahead of FAMU at No. 22.
Albany State (8-1) and Tuskegee (7-2) are ranked 13th and 15th respectively in this week's AFCA Division II Coaches Poll.
Nominations for the inaugural class of the Black College Football Hall of Fame will be accepted through Nov. 23.
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November 3rd, 2009
12:32 pm
SC State is in the poll as well, moving up from the late teens in pre-season up to No. 10 for the last couple of weeks. Also, FAMU reached No. 22 (I think) in both of the FCS polls (Coaches poll and The Sports Networks poll) in early October before losses to Miami (FL) and SC State.
PV is doing it up. it would be nice if by some quirk they could make the playoffs, but as well as they are doing, the SCG would be 1st choice.
November 3rd, 2009
1:00 pm
Man, PVA&M has come a LOOOOOONG way!! I can remember when their program may have been the worst in HBCU football…now, they are nationally ranked!
Leo, do you think my Rattlers can get an at-large bid (if we run the table) to the playoffs this year, especially given the relative weakness of the traditionally strong Southern Conference?
November 3rd, 2009
2:46 pm
Sup Leo,
Also, the D-II regional rankings are out and Albany St. is currently #3 in South Region, with Morehouse and Benedict ranked seventh & eighth, respectively. So, basically, ASU is guaranteed a playoff spot regardless of this weekend's outcomes, while Morehouse & Benedict need some help on Saturday. Also, Fayetteville St. is ranked tenth in the East regional. And if I'm not mistaken they will earned the "earned access bid" for the CIAA.
November 3rd, 2009
4:08 pm
Thanks, Leo!! From your fingers to the committee's ears, minds, thoughts, etc.!!
November 3rd, 2009
4:40 pm
No problem Leo,
First, being as totally unbiased as I can (ASU c/o 95), it was a great back & forth game in terms of momentum.
Both run defenses completely dominated the line of scrimmage in a hard hitting affair. ASU took a quick 7-0 lead behind scrambling & passing of A.J. McKenna as Skegee completely shut down the Rams rushing game & Demetrice Johnson. However, Tuskegee tied it at 7 heading into halftime by exploiting the Rams' somewhat pedestrian pass defense with both their qbs (Joshua Harris & Jeremy Williams) being effective in the passing game. After halftime (and of course both bandz rocked the joint, it's HBCU football what else is new), ASU moved the ball downfield via the air and McKenna & WR Ronnie Childs providing the most damage, but had to settle for two consecutive field goals after reaching the red zone twice and take a 13-7 lead.
But in the 4th quarter, Tuskegee marched down the field and after a crucial facemask penalty on the Rams on a 4th down in their territory, the Tigers punched it in on a quick slant pass from Harris to Antoine Mitchell to take a 14-13 lead in the final stanza.
However, ASU drove right back down the field behind McKenna and Johnson and took the lead 19-14, but missed the crucial two point conversion with ~ 5 mins remaining. After stopping the Tigers on 4th down with about 3 mins remaining, the Rams made two crucial mistakes on their drive by running out of bounds on the 1st & 3rd down plays, and having to punt the ball to Tuskegee with less than two minutes remaining.
After that, Tuskegee exploited the Rams pass defense and drove a whopping 85 yards against the #1 Defense in the country and made it look easy as the Tigers RB Forney ran in a 4 yd touchdown with 25 seconds left to win an outstanding game 21-19.
As a Ram Rooter, it was VERY painful, as we simply did a terrible job of clock management and our secondary was somewhat exposed in their coverage abilities. However, I am confident CMW and his staff will rectify those problems heading into the playoffs. Congrats to Tuskegee on another conference title and as we've debated before on this site, I wish they would move the date of their Turkey Day Classic so they can participate in the D-II playoffs & make the money from their game with ASU.
Finally,I didn't know you needed a recap or I would have already sent it in. And holla at me if you need a recap of the FCC this weekend in Columbus.
November 4th, 2009
9:28 am
Thanks Leo and Al Beeski for pulling that scab off of that sore again. Excellent recap though. When the players and coaches in Albany read this article, it should remind the players that they have a chance to make history in the DII playoffs reminiscent of the 2004 DII dance. Once again, Only after Albany gets the win over Ft. Valley this weekend. GO RAMS!!! oh GO Stillman!
November 4th, 2009
3:07 pm
What help does Morehouse need to get in the playoffs? This would be a first if memory serves me right!
November 4th, 2009
5:00 pm
Hopefully, the SIAC can get two teams in this year & I'm pretty sure that would be a first as well. Mars Hill plays Wingate & Ark Tech goes to Harding, as Leo said to tough opponents. After watching the game here in Albany Saturday, The 'House has some nice skill players, but don't underestimate Miles, because they are a decent team as well. And Billy Joe always has plenty of tricks up his sleeves and they even beat Tuskegee this year. so good luck
November 4th, 2009
5:47 pm
Could you explain the FCS playoff selection process and is the field being expanded past 16 teams this year?
November 4th, 2009
6:52 pm
Wow! Go SC State Bulldogs. Sorry folks, give me a moment. Just in case Marcus did not know who we are. His reference to SCG (to me implied a school in Columbia) who are Spurrier's Gamecocks.
Anyway I would be utterly shocked if two teams went to FCS playoffs from the same HBCU conference. It is just not happening.
November 5th, 2009
11:41 am
Let's hope them Rattler can win out and get an at-large bid. NCA&T, Hampton, and rival BCU won't just give these games away. FAMU must continue to play hard and the defense must improve. Stopping the running game has been a thorn in the side for FAMU. But we manage to get the W's.
November 6th, 2009
3:55 pm
Also, to add to Leos comment from Nov. 3rd (1:23 pm), regarding the SoCon's off-year, the CAA may not get the 5 teams in like they hae the last 2 years. They currently have 4 teams in the top 10, w/ Delaware being in the top 25. They have a lot of tough games against each other and Delaware still has to play an FBS game (Navy). Might see some movement if they beat each other up and this is probaby the best season in recent times to angle for a MEAC at-large bid.
November 10th, 2009
10:43 pm
[...] Leo Willingham on Florida A&M's rankings [...]
November 11th, 2009
8:44 pm
damu loses to hampton saturday
November 16th, 2009
12:53 pm
Now we all know who is the best black college football team is an that SOUTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY MEAC CHAMPS 2008, AND 2009. We have won 18 consecutive hbcu games, currently ranked #9 in D1-AA polls and looking to become the Division 1-AA CHAMPIONS this 2009 season.
Go Bulldogs!!!!
November 16th, 2009
9:56 pm
I hear ya brothers and sisters! take a look at this
January 26th, 2010
11:23 pm
[...] But even if Bethune-Cookman did manage to pull the upset over FAMU, it would be kind of a let down for a black college football nation rooting for the Rattlers to win out and possibly secure an at-large berth in the FCS Playoffs. [...]


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When you are in a brand new relationship, you may convince yourself that knowing every single thing about your new love is important. I am here to tell you that this can be dangerous. Especially when you get in to the magic number conundrum: Do you reveal your body count when asked how many partners you have had? Well, for starters, I don't think it is a good question to ask in the beginning. New romances need time to cook, as it were, and it is already a fragile thing. Why muck it up with all kind of dirty details of your past?
I have a friend Tim, who has a bad habit of wanting to know the exact magic number. He actually believes that this information is necessary and important, so he asks the women he dates almost immediately. When he gets the response that doesn't "sit right with him" he starts acting like a jerk to the poor girl. I ask him all the time, "Why ask the question if you may not want or like the answer??" To add insult to injury, Tim is no saint and has his own sexual baggage, so I really don't get how he sits in judgment of anyone.
Is it fair to ask about the magic number? Would you be totally honest if someone asked you yours? If you aren't ashamed of the number, should you be bothered when someone asks?
By Wise Diva, Misadventures in Atlanta
December 3rd, 2013
5:20 am
hello everyone
Magic number, easy, don't ask, don't tell. Somethings are just really none of your business!!
December 3rd, 2013
6:53 am
There is no magic about the number. It is what it is for you.
Is Tim telling all before he asks or is he just nosey so he can pass judgement on other?. btw I don't believe in that double standard men can do all but women can not. Tim go kick rocks in traffic maybe you will develop some wisdom. smh
December 3rd, 2013
7:37 am
GOOD Tuesday Morning MIA!!!
The good ole "Magic Number" question. . . My take on it is, don't ask a question that you aren't prepared to hear the answer for. Your journey in a NEW relationship begins when YOU meet the person. As long as they are STD free, then it really shouldn't matter about their sexual history. Tim is being delusional.
December 3rd, 2013
8:29 am
Morning All!
I am not ashamed of my number. Do I think it is fair to ask? No; does it have any bearing on who the person is or what they are doing today? Is it relevant to the relationship? Once you get past a certain age, you would expect that anyone you date will have a sexual history. Communicate, get tested, and go from there. Tim needs to go sit down somewhere!
December 3rd, 2013
8:33 am
"Tim needs to go sit down somewhere!"
-MsAtl EXACTLY!!!
December 3rd, 2013
8:43 am
No no nooooo, my whole post went into the black hole
December 3rd, 2013
8:45 am
Is that still important? I agree with MsAtl and Miss Moni.
December 3rd, 2013
8:46 am
good morning. tim's date ought to flip the script. when he starts talking about number she should start talking about numbers. ask tim his income, his savings balance, his credit limit, his credit score. ask him about his retirement plan and his insurance policies. if you want to cut, ask him how many inches he toting in his draws. shoot, I got some numbers for his behind. tell tim "don't start none won't be none".
December 3rd, 2013
8:58 am
Ahhh, Disco…
A grown man don't mind sharing any of those numbers, and don't care about the other one.
All I need to know is that she's done it enough to like it and be good at it.
December 3rd, 2013
9:05 am
Morning all.
Well, Tim can ask what he wants. She doesn't have to answer. What does it matter anyway?
Suppose she tells the truth? How can Tim Verify it?
Suppose she tells a lie? How can Tim verify it?
Tim's a fool. Asking a question, to which, there is no way to verify the answer.
If I am a teenager, my parents leave on Friday to attend the funeral of one of their childhood friends that was recently involved in a car crash with a train in which this friend was killed and his brains, guts, legs, arms, blood and guts were strewn along the tracks for a half mile. But before they leave, they tell this teenager to get up the following morning before eight and make breakfast for his younger sister. They return Saturday evening and ask him if he got up before eight like he was instructed. He answers "Yes". How can they verify this? No way, so why even ask. Jus sayin.
December 3rd, 2013
9:06 am
YES Disco is READY for battle!!! Bring on Tim, LOL!!!
December 3rd, 2013
9:20 am
I mean, at a certain age you pretty much know whoever you deal with is not a virgin. Unless you've heard many stories from others being with the chick, wtf cares? I know in the world of men, many feel that if a woman has a plethora of bedded men, she's considered a garden tool. If he, on the other hand, has slept with just a many folks, he's considered a playa/pimp.
Lovely morning isn't it? (this is me faking it until i make it)
December 3rd, 2013
9:40 am
When I dated, I used to ask a lot of questions. Never this one though. All I wanted to know is whether she was against being intimate before marriage or not. Her past was never a concern of mine.
Of course, had she asked me the same question, I would have given her the actual number(If I could remember the actual number), or given her a good estimate. Why? Cause when I dated, I didn't give a damn. She got the truth from me. That way, if she decided to continue the relationship, I would know that it was because of an interest in me, and not lies that I had told her. I never lied. You got a problem with the truths that I told? Hit the road little girl. And don't look back. I'll do the same.
December 3rd, 2013
9:40 am
number? who cares…..
wait, I wanna know the number of folks this innanet gal, Sharkeisha don' knocked out!!!
December 3rd, 2013
9:43 am
dan – a grown man doesn't mind sharing those numbers? well heck, let me get a glass of water, wet my whistle, and get to asking. ijs.
slim – even a man who ain't hardly getting any likes to fancy himself a player or pimp. even the dude who is signing over his check to some chick likes to fancy himself a player or a pimp. the poor male species. lol.
December 3rd, 2013
9:46 am
disco – you're a trip! Save their souls lol
December 3rd, 2013
9:47 am
Morning All!!
Wonder what Tim would say if he asked the question and the answer was "I don't know"? LOL!!
I don't recall off-hand what my number is. Not because it's so MANY, but because I'm no spring chicken and it's been many years since losing my virginity at age 19. If I sat and thought about it, I could come up with one. It's just that I don't dwell on the past. When I'm done, I truly let you go, body, mind and spirit.
Tim sounds like a silly young dude or a silly old dude with nothing else to occupy his time and his thoughts. Maybe that's why he's still single. Other than a woman's health status should they decide to "go there", Tim should concern himself with getting to know other things about the ladies he dates. But the fact that he flips over the answers tells me he's cray cray!!
December 3rd, 2013
9:49 am
2C- It took me a minute to figure out who this Sharkeisha was that everyone was talking about. I've seen the video- lil vicious trop-mouth heathen! Fighting over a boy instead of digging in them books, now her tail is going to jail or juvie over some mess. I'm glad that poor Shamichael is okay.
December 3rd, 2013
9:49 am
When he gets the response that doesn't "sit right with him" he starts acting like a jerk to the poor girl
Ummm, Tim ain't met the right one yet….IJS Also, how old is Tim?? Seriously
December 3rd, 2013
9:50 am
Kimmie- I know what the number is, but who really cares???
December 3rd, 2013
9:51 am
Dan, who shares those numbers, those are none of your business either, unless we're getting married.
I wonder if the number would matter if it's was 1000 times with 1000 men, or 1000 times with one man?? it's still the same number!!
December 3rd, 2013
9:52 am
kimmie – see your post made me think of crazy answers. I could see me looking at tim and going "hmmm. your brother tony, that's one. I slept with two of your frat, that's 3. remember that guy benny that used to work on your car. that's 4. your cousin mike mike. that's 5. mike mike was something boy (with a big old smile on my face). do you know that cat up he way they call skittles? the one that got out of jail? yeah, I used to kick it with him. wait. give me a minute. let me think".
December 3rd, 2013
9:53 am
MsAtl – Well, Tim cares, but who is he?LOL!!!!!
Cel – I really would like to know his age too!!
Wise Diva, please tell us how old this dude is!!!!!LOL!!!
December 3rd, 2013
9:55 am
Kimmie – If he's about Diva's age (being her friend or in her circle), I'm giving the side eye. Dude is too old for this kind of mess. First for asking and secondly for acting janky. It's folks like this that need to be lied to. Tell him what he want to hear.
December 3rd, 2013
9:58 am
Disco – LOL!!! Knowing me, if a dude came out with that stupid question out the gate, like Tim, before I have even decided I want to GO THERE with him, then it's over before we even get started. So might as well have some fun with it and really give him something to clown about!LOL!!!
December 3rd, 2013
10:00 am
Cel – I don't even know what he wants to hear though! I gotta feeling Tim doesn't even know what he wants to hear!!LOL!!
December 3rd, 2013
10:01 am
"Wonder what Tim would say if he asked the question and the answer was "I don't know"? LOL!!"
Yes, Kimmie, good question. I was wondering the same thing. If she says "I don't remember". What now?
My big problem with this, is not the question, cause, like I said, Tim can ask whatever he wants. It's up to her as to whether she answers or not. But my problem with this is
"When he gets the response that doesn't "sit right with him" he starts acting like a jerk to the poor girl"
Why do this? Why not inform her that the answer she gave was not satisfactory, and he would be terminating the relationship, as a result. Don't start acting like a jerk and treating her badly cause she did not respond with a answer to your liking. Just foolish.
December 3rd, 2013
10:02 am
Tim wanna know how many dudes she slept with cause he's tired of folks laughin at him when he's with ol girl in public……bout like Kanye, and Kim K……damn gal, where you learnt that at?
December 3rd, 2013
10:02 am
Kimmie – I'm guessing he wants the low number but the all out experience. Big dummy!!
I have NEVER been asked such a question. I wish a dude would. That's a cause for getting dismissed….with the quickness. IMO, dudes that worry about such is placing too much emphasis on the wrong thing and sitting ready to pass judgement. Just like he don't want a "slut" per se, I don't either. Don't nobody want no dude that's slept with every woman in America? IJS So, if I'm not asking (while not really wanting a male ho), then please, don't ask me.
December 3rd, 2013
10:04 am
Kelly Price's version of Ave' Maria is awesome. Got me buying it on iTunes.
December 3rd, 2013
10:07 am
"…you may convince yourself that knowing every single thing about your new love is important." – I never thought this.
First, no one should ask what's your body count. All you need to know is I wasn't a virgin when you met me. Thank goodness, I've never been asked that question because although I don't know how to give the "stink eye," I will if asked!
Good morning! WTH is wrong with 285 almost every freaking morning!!!
December 3rd, 2013
10:11 am
-Disco Cracking up at your 9:52. You definitely would ruffle Tim's feathers.
-Kimmie I too was 19 when I lost my virginity, which seems like so many moons ago.
December 3rd, 2013
10:12 am
what if you don't ask, but later find out your dude, or gal, is a slut? Do you break it off?
December 3rd, 2013
10:13 am
What she should say is :
"Don't know. Must be dozens. I'll say, Oh, I don't know, maybe, forty three or so? Oh, and by the way, give your brother my number. Tell him to call me. He's cuter than you anyway. Stankin fugga."
December 3rd, 2013
10:18 am
Cel – I was asked one time by a boyfriend after we had been dating over a year. He was a little nosey about alot of things. He was freinds with one of my younger brothers. He made a comment before that my family was private about alot of things, like me nor my brother would tell him our salaries! He asked me the number of guys I had been with and I hit the roof and asked him why he needed to know. He said it just got on his nerves that me & my brother were so "secretive" about things. I told him some shid was none of his damn business!! At the time, he was only my 3rd, but I didn't tell him!
December 3rd, 2013
10:19 am
if you want to cut, ask him how many inches he toting in his draws.
That's what I'm talking about…flip the script and see exactly how fast he changes his tune..
From his credit score down to the twiggs n berries…
Good post disco…cosign with that ALL day..
On topic: Some things are better left unsaid. People ask questions that hurts their feelings when they get the answer and it just leads to a host of other issues/questions/hurt feeling, etc…
December 3rd, 2013
10:20 am
reio – re brothers. I have one ex that I constantly torment by saying I wish I had met his brother first. if I even so much as ask how his brother is doing or if he's talked to his brother he starts feeling some kind of way. just the other night I was speaking with another ex and was telling him how this chick used to tell me she was afraid of his brother. I blurted out "shoot, I don't know what's wrong with her. I would have been all over that". I had to laugh and then go back and make sure he didn't take it the wrong way. he was cool. that other dude. man he would have been ready to cry had I said that about his brother. lol.
December 3rd, 2013
10:21 am
*hurt feelings*…I digress
Reio…you wrong for that
December 3rd, 2013
10:23 am
kimmie…really? what dude asks another dude how much money they make????
December 3rd, 2013
10:33 am
2C- "what if you don't ask, but later find out your dude, or gal, is a slut? Do you break it off?"
Whether it was 2 or 20 in the past, if they are a slut now, then yes, I break it off!
December 3rd, 2013
10:33 am
2C – I don't think he had the cajones to flat out ask him. Thing is, he use to brag and floss all the time about shid and volunteer information and felt like others should do the same. How much money he was making, how much he paid for his car, outfit, etc. He came from a decent family, but acted like he wasn't used to anything nice. Me & my family were different. Quality speaks for itself, you don't have to brag. Only time I mention how much I paid for something is if I caught some kind of monster sale at Macy's or something.
December 3rd, 2013
10:34 am
I'm all about honestly bruh, the D has nothing to hide.
Giving her PII like social DOB (with year) is where the personal comes in but 742 is not a problem for me to give to anyone…..I'm proud of it
December 3rd, 2013
10:36 am
disco – Well, I can remember a period ,years ago, when my brother had a girlfriend. She had a sister. On many occasions, not all the time, but on many occasions, she would come over and bring her sister. And on many occasions, if I just happened to be in the same room when my brother would leave for the bathroom or go check on some burgers or dogs on the grill, her sister would say "You the one she needs to be wit instead of him." And then his girlfriend would say "Yeah, you nicer than him. He kinda mean." They said this quite often. Each time, only once per visit. It was not like he would leave the room five times, and they would say it five times. They said it the first time he left, and didn't repeat it on any other times he left the room during any given visit. I laughed it off each time. Never told him about it though. He actually could be kinda mean, however . Funny.
December 3rd, 2013
10:37 am
Kimmie – Your 10:18, you should have told him, it ain't a secret, it's just private….nunya
December 3rd, 2013
10:42 am
does anyone other than me have a slight attitude when they look at the calendar and see December?
December 3rd, 2013
10:42 am
Cel – I told him that & more!LOL!
Anyway, whatever the question is, I don't have to lie and I don't have to answer either.
December 3rd, 2013
10:45 am
I will agree that the income, savings, balance, and credit limit(s) -(really, who only has one) – are a bit much, but I could tell her that too, don't mean she gets access to any of it.
And, the moment she got moist hearing all those numbers she'd eventually hear one mo: 4(f).
1. find 'em
2. fool 'em
3. fugg 'em
4. forgit 'em
December 3rd, 2013
10:46 am
disco, why don't you like December?
December 3rd, 2013
10:48 am
"does anyone other than me have a slight attitude when they look at the calendar and see December?" – Probably just you….December is a beautiful month (lol).
December 3rd, 2013
10:50 am
DAN – Yoosa fool!!


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LEE COUNTY: A popular restaurant chain is facing opposition because of its support of traditional marriage. We spoke to the student leading the charge and found out why he's fighting an uphill battle to block Chick-Fil-A.
Next year, 'The Perch' in Florida Gulf Coast University's student union will look nothing like it does now. Instead, students voted for three new restaurants to move in and Chick-Fil-A was number one in that survey.
"And, so if the students want chicken, they're going to have chicken," said Joe Shepard, FGCU Vice President of Administrative Services,
And it's almost a done deal as contract talks are about 99-percent complete.
"I'm going to fight for that one-percent chance," said Rashad Davis, the FGCU sophomore leading the fight against Chick-Fil-A.
"If it's up to me, there will not be a Chick-Fil-A on our campus come next year," added FGCU senior Tyler Offerman.
Student opposition says the openly Christian restaurant is anti-gay.
Gay student Rashad Davis started a Facebook page against the restaurant that now has more than 200 members.
The recent controversy has forced the company's CEO to the internet, as well.
"Let me be clear, Chick-Fil-A serves all people and values all people," said Chick-Fil-A CEO Dan Cathy.
In a statement Thursday, Cathy said,
"We have no agenda against anyone. While my family and I believe in the Biblical definition of marriage, we love and respect anyone who disagrees."
"I'm a Christian man myself, but I don't believe in hate or spreading that hatred," said Davis.
Student Jose Diaz says he supports the new restaurant.
"I don't go there because they're a Christian organization. I go there because they make good chicken sandwiches," he said. "Just because the campus has a Chick-Fil-A doesn't mean that they're saying they're anti-gay."
Meanwhile, Davis says petitions and protests are planned as the university moves forward.
"In life, you have to have allies, whoever you are. And if you don't, who's going to be left standing for you?" Davis asked.
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From the place where we are rightFlowers will never growIn the spring. The place where we are rightIs hard and trampledLike a yard. But doubts and lovesDig up the worldLike a mole, a plow.And a whisper will be heard in the placeWhere the ruinedHouse once stood.
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Bad things are going to happen.
Your tomatoes will grow a fungus
and your cat will get run over.
Someone will leave the bag with the ice cream
melting in the car and throw
your blue cashmere sweater in the dryer.
Your husband will sleep
with a girl your daughter's age, her breasts spilling
out of her blouse. Or your wife
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that requires you to pry open its feverish mouth
every four hours, for a month.
Your parents will die.
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your hair and your memory. If your daughter
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When she comes to a cliff, she sees a sturdy vine
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She looks up, down, at the mice.
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Johnny, the kitchen sink has been clogged for days, some utensil probably fell down there.And the Drano won't work but smells dangerous, and the crusty dishes have piled upwaiting for the plumber I still haven't called. This is the everyday we spoke of.It's winter again: the sky's a deep, headstrong blue, and the sunlight pours throughthe open living-room windows because the heat's on too high in here and I can't turn it off.For weeks now, driving, or dropping a bag of groceries in the street, the bag breaking,I've been thinking: This is what the living do. And yesterday, hurrying along thosewobbly bricks in the Cambridge sidewalk, spilling my coffee down my wrist and sleeve,I thought it again, and again later, when buying a hairbrush: This is it.Parking. Slamming the car door shut in the cold. What you called that yearning.What you finally gave up. We want the spring to come and the winter to pass. We wantwhoever to call or not call, a letter, a kiss--we want more and more and then more of it.But there are moments, walking, when I catch a glimpse of myself in the window glass,say, the window of the corner video store, and I'm gripped by a cherishing so deepfor my own blowing hair, chapped face, and unbuttoned coat that I'm speechless:I am living. I remember you.
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Funeral services for Alton Levelle James, Jr. will be held Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011 at 2 p.m. at First United Pentecostal Church on Hwy. 531 in Minden. Officiating will be the Rev. Jeff Ramsey and the Rev. George McAdams. Interment will follow at Gardens of Memory Cemetery in Minden. The family will receive friends from 5 until 8 p.m. today (Friday, Nov. 25, 2011) at Rose-Neath Funeral Home.
Alton was born Feb. 6, 1944 in Haynesville and entered into death Nov. 22, 2011 in Minden.
His parents, Eunice and Alton L. James, Sr., preceded him in death.
He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Peggy Stevens James of Minden; son, Larry Levelle James of Minden; daughters-in-law, Lisa James Thrash of Sibley and Tonya Eubanks James of Minden; daughter, Sandra James Potor and husband, Ted of West Monroe; sister, Millie Gray and husband, Benny of Minden; brothers, Bion James and wife Dianne, of Haughton, Howard Tommy James and wife, Cathy of Minden and Barry James and wife, Dana of Ada-Taylor; 11 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers will be the Rev. George McAdams, Michael Harold, Alex Potor, Kevin Gray, Lonnie Gray and John (Jr.) Guthrie.
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