It was apparent as soon as we walked through the door of this restaurant that my wife and I had been dying to try.
The commercial HVAC was either overwhelmed or not even turned on.
Of course, we live in a region where the heat and humidity can be intense particularly during the summer. But we went to this restaurant in October when the temperatures were much more reasonable. October temperatures can still be quite warm so there is still some demand for air conditioning. But that probably goes double for a restaurant. Given the outside temperature and the fact that there are all kinds of hot surfaces in a commercial kitchen, one would think HVAC would be a priority. The restaurant itself was nice enough inside and had a nice little unique quality to it. The service seemed good and attentive for as long as we were there. My wife and I looked at each other pretty quick after being seated at our table. We were both thinking the same thing which was where was the air conditioning. The waiter came by and took our drink orders and actually that’s as far as we got. My wife and I finished our cocktails and asked for the check. It stuns me that a place a business doesn’t invest in quality commercial HVAC. I guess we won’t be going back there. And that’s such a shame because we really enjoy dining out. And we always make a point of going to locally owned restaurants. We’d much rather give our money to a small business owner than a big corporation. But if they can’t get the air conditioning right, I’m not sure that they are ready to be doing business.