GIORGIO'S OF GRAMERCY
Why Giorgio's? ..For Its Amazingly Caring Staff and--oh, yes--Very Good Food
I'm not usually one for whom the personal back story has much of an effect on whether we like a place or not.
But, I confess, the extraordinary attention from the staff at Giorgio's enhanced what was we would discover was a very good dining experience as well.
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| The view from the Battery--not from Giorgio's! |
Our experience at Giorgio's started out with a bit of drama: we were
meeting friends for dinner, and when we arrived, we learned that one of
them had left her purse at a cafe in Brooklyn! The staff members were
trying to be very helpful, even attempting to find the name of the cafe
so that my friend's husband could call to see if the purse had been
found. He then just decided to go back to Brooklyn--insisting that the
rest of us should be seated and eat--and believe it or not, came back
about an hour later with the purse! (The owner of the small cafe in Brooklyn had found it
and held on to it.)
I regale you with this narrative because all of the restaurant staff had demonstrated incredible concern; various staff members came to our table now and then, telling us how pleased they were that the purse had been found! (Frankly, we were equally astonished that the purse made it back from Brooklyn.)
I regale you with this narrative because all of the restaurant staff had demonstrated incredible concern; various staff members came to our table now and then, telling us how pleased they were that the purse had been found! (Frankly, we were equally astonished that the purse made it back from Brooklyn.)
And (wouldn't want to forget to mention this part, of course) the
food was quite nice, too--my friend ordered a strip steak (which she
then shared with her husband when he returned triumphantly from Kings County) and extraordinarily crispy and tasty fries; my husband and I each ordered scallops (good, nicely seasoned, very
filling) and a side of roasted Brussels sprouts; and the four of us shared Tres
Leches cake--as good as the cake we'd had in Puerto Rico--and Baked Alaska.
Even with the drama of the evening, and perhaps because of it, we were able to focus on the graciousness and attention of the people who served us and to notice that the food was, well, pretty darned good, too.
Even with the drama of the evening, and perhaps because of it, we were able to focus on the graciousness and attention of the people who served us and to notice that the food was, well, pretty darned good, too.
You are very intelligent. You understand what Giorgio's is about. Your individual stuff is great too.
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