The Encounter - Beyond Tiki

I ikitnrev Tiki Socialite D.C. / Virginia Joined: Jul 27, 2002 Posts: 1325	I ikitnrev Posted posted on Mon, Feb 16, 2004 11:15 AM I've been to the Encounter several times - in fact I will often take a mid-afternoon rather than a morning flight out of LAX, just so I can have a relaxed lunch and cocktails beforehand at the Encounter. My last visit thispast October was interesting. I was there at about 1:00pm, and had their raw tuna appetizer (very good) and a couple of their cocktails. I love the decor of the place, and asked the waitress if they had any souvenirs for sale. She went to check, and came back with a couple of complimentary postcards, which I accepted. She then took my credit card to ring up my bill. When she came back with my bill to sign, she also had with her an aluminum pie plate tin - and inside of it was one of their blue-ridged plates, that has a small drawing/logo of the restaurant at one edge. She was giving me one of their plates to take home with me (the pie tin was to protect it) I then left the restaurant, and decided to take some pictures from the outside. While walking outside, I looked up to the windows, and saw my waitress standing at my former table, looking outside , along with one other person. I waved at them, and they waved back at me, and I was thinking, 'Wow, what a friendly staff.' A few minutes later, while still walking outside, I see the same waitress walking towards me - outside the restaurant, on ground level. It turns out that I had accidently taken the credit card statement with me, and she was coming to me to get me to sign a new bill. I felt quite embarassed, and ended up giving her a bigger tip for all the troubles she had gone through with me. I currently have this plate hanging in my home. By the way, the interior of the Encounter was used for a recent Dockers commercial about two years ago. The ad featured a waitress, and when she puts on her X-ray glasses, she notices, among other things, that a businessman at one table is wearing wearing a woman's bra and underwear beneath his business suit. What X-Ray visions has to do with Dockers, or space-age interiors, I have no clue. Vern

I've been to the Encounter several times - in fact I will often take a mid-afternoon rather than a morning flight out of LAX, just so I can have a relaxed lunch and cocktails beforehand at the Encounter.

My last visit thispast October was interesting. I was there at about 1:00pm, and had their raw tuna appetizer (very good) and a couple of their cocktails. I love the decor of the place, and asked the waitress if they had any souvenirs for sale. She went to check, and came back with a couple of complimentary postcards, which I accepted. She then took my credit card to ring up my bill.

When she came back with my bill to sign, she also had with her an aluminum pie plate tin - and inside of it was one of their blue-ridged plates, that has a small drawing/logo of the restaurant at one edge. She was giving me one of their plates to take home with me (the pie tin was to protect it) I then left the restaurant, and decided to take some pictures from the outside.

While walking outside, I looked up to the windows, and saw my waitress standing at my former table, looking outside , along with one other person. I waved at them, and they waved back at me, and I was thinking, 'Wow, what a friendly staff.'

A few minutes later, while still walking outside, I see the same waitress walking towards me - outside the restaurant, on ground level. It turns out that I had accidently taken the credit card statement with me, and she was coming to me to get me to sign a new bill. I felt quite embarassed, and ended up giving her a bigger tip for all the troubles she had gone through with me. I currently have this plate hanging in my home.

By the way, the interior of the Encounter was used for a recent Dockers commercial about two years ago. The ad featured a waitress, and when she puts on her X-ray glasses, she notices, among other things, that a businessman at one table is wearing wearing a woman's bra and underwear beneath his business suit.

What X-Ray visions has to do with Dockers, or space-age interiors, I have no clue.

Vern

Post #76324 by ikitnrev on Mon, Feb 16, 2004 11:15 AM