August 12th, 2007
Why now Black Cow?
Many of you were there.. and don’t agree, but it’s still bothering me…
I do advocate checking for ID’s and I am in complete understanding that under age drinkers try to sneak into places.
Why would an established restaurant, like the “Black Cow”, feel the need to accost their customers?
OK. For those who were not there, after dinner at Joe’s American Bar and Grill, we marched over to the Black Cow for a night cap and to watch the Sox and Patriots. We entered the restaurant and set a minor wager amongst friends (We set an over under for the amount of people that Amber would know in the Black Cow).
After locating a table, the waitress visited and took our order. At the same time, she verified everyone’s age. OK. Things are going great. About 5 minutes later, the gruff manager came over to George and started muttering something and asked him for his ID. Well, it wasn’t George that he wanted, he wanted the guy in orange with stripes. OK, so that was me. WTF. We just had our waitress over and checked our ID, now the German Gestapo is visiting to check again? I politely obliged, while he rambled on about some under cover cop story and being busted three years ago.
As I mentioned before, I don’t have a problem verifying my identification. For those who know me, I am the first one to pull out my ID without being asked by the initial server. But, to come over and require a prostate exam to have a beer is unacceptable.
I have a suggestion for you, Mr/Mrs Black cow. If you are worried about your license, post someone at the beginning of the bar area that is old enough and qualified to check identification. Funny thing, this check will only be required ONE time.
Unfortunately, this hassle also meant that it took over 20 minutes to receive our drinks. Very unacceptable. It’s a shame. I don’t have any desire to return to the Black Cow. They have a great selection of beers on draft (Harpoon IPA, Waschusetts BlueBerry, SeaDog Rasbperry Wheat, Old Specked hen (George’s and Brace’s favorite), Magic Hat #9, Sam Summer, and many more).
Sean
Drink Craft Beer, You’ve earned it!! (but not at the Black Cow)