Show Me restaurant raked over the coals on Craigslist

Craigslist's Rants and Raves section once again proves more entertaining and informative than "regler" news.

A customer get's angry about an experience and sooner than later other people with similar experiences come out of the woodwork.


Unlike "real" reporting (which college has taught me there is no such thing) People can post almost anything they want. It may not stay up very long if it gets flagged (which is frequently the focus of many conspiracy theories).


I've grown in my admiration for the efforts of anonymous authors at Craigslist. They are colorful and more sincere than one might assume.


So here they are:


Showme's sucks - here is why (Springfield)
Reply to: pers-a6tzk-1133914117@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?]
Date: 2009-04-21, 8:37PM CDT


I called Showme's this afternoon and asked "Do you have any wing specials today"? The girl cherrfully said "Yes, 35 cent wings from 3pm till 6pm & 9pm till midnight.
My wife and I went in at 5:00 and ordered 40 wings thinking that if we didnt eat them all we would take a few home for late night snaking or whatever.
My wife ordered Soda, I asked for Water. I was then informed that if I was buying the 35 cent wings that I MUST purchase a drink. Beer, wine, liquor, soda.. SOMETHING.
Ok, I am not a soft drink fan, but I reluctantly ordered a soda for 2.50 (roughly). We also ordered side orders of fries.
We ate 25 wings between the 2 of us and asked for a container to take the remaining 15 wings home... no way.
They REFUSED to let us take them out of the restaurant. Even though they were on my bill - and I was being charged for them I was unable to take them with me.
BULLSHIT!!!!
I complained in a nice & civilized way - FINALLY after ALMOST becoming a dick, the manager (who was a bitch) took the wings off of my bill that we didnt eat. What a douche bag. I simply asked "why cant I just take them". Against their policy.

I will never step foot in that bastard again!

Am I wrong?

* Location: Springfield
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re / showme's (springfield)
Reply to: pers-wech3-1134004937@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?]
Date: 2009-04-21, 9:51PM CDT


my question is what happened to the 15 wings they took off his plate and bill? did they go to the next wing customer? it dont make any sense to take them off peoples bill then throw them away everytime. also is there a sign or does the waitress warn you to only order what you can eat because you cant take leftovers home......wow im not going there lol

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RE: Showme's sucks - here is why (Springfield)
Reply to: pers-b9wfc-1134683158@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?]
Date: 2009-04-22, 11:27AM CDT


It is illegel to resell leftovers, especially if they were placed on the table in front of you. That is a serious health code violation.
If it is true that they took left-over wings off your table and refused to let you take them with you, they either must be trying to keep a recipe secret, or they were planning to re-sell your food.
Good job getting the difference in your bill back.
ShowMe gets the SHOCKER AWARD!



* Location: Springfield
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RE: Showme's sucks (Springfield)
Reply to: pers-qbyws-1134757459@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?]
Date: 2009-04-22, 12:05PM CDT


Not to start a big thing but it's a "special" for dine in only. You cant go to an all you can eat place and ask for several to go boxes....... Kinda the same thing. You got reimbursed for not understanding this so why complain? Staff? Ask for the owners information and talk to them. Squeaky Wheel Gets The Greasin.....
Thursdays from 5-7 they have 5 wings for .93C (dine in only). I honestly think they have some of the best wings in town and there specials are very good.
I also recommend Westwoods on west Jefferson for there 40sum different flavors of wings. Very good stuff.

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re / showme/s (springfield)
Reply to: pers-4eabk-1134958080@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?]
Date: 2009-04-22, 1:48PM CDT


everyone has specials, look this is not an all you can eat situation he called they said .35c wings he ordered 40 what gain do they have by throwing away the wings instead of selling them to the guy......STUPID or resale you tell me lol

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I am original Showme's poster (Springfield)
Reply to: pers-b7h96-1135196447@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?]
Date: 2009-04-22, 4:00PM CDT


There actually is a sign back by the kitchen/bathroom that does clearly state "must purchase a drink & NO carry outs". The manager pointed that out to me.
I simply stated that had I needed to take a piss, or speak to management BEFORE I placed my order, I would have figured it out.
I dont think that they resold them. I simply think that the female manager was playing tough guy. She was a bit "dykish" if that is a word.
I am a good sized guy and I feel that she was trying to be tough and show me that I couldn't push her around. I will also add that I was completely calm, I didnt raise my voice, I didnt
use any profanity what so ever. I did tell her that the policy, and the way that she was enforcing it was preposterous, ludicrous and borderline nazi-like.

I dont think that they were worried about recipie either. I think that they were making an example. NO CARRYOUTS what so ever on special wing prices.
I can appreciate that - I just think that they should make that policy more visible.

Show me's can go take an arenotical intercourse on an orbiting pastry.
They aernt the only game in town.


* Location: Springfield
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The industrial sabotage of pita bread.

I was looking for something to change-up my menu so I thought I would get some pita bread at County Market out on White Oaks Drive. No luck.

I looked in the bread isle, I looked by the cheese where they have tortillas, I even looked down the isle where they have the special taco seasonings and Chinese food items. They had more taco shells and tortillas, but I still couldn't find any Pita bread.

I wondered what would happen if I bothered to track someone down and ask.
One might say "No we're out of them, nobody was buying them so we stopped carrying it."
I would not be surprised if that were the case, I was prepared with a response for just that kind of scenario. I think I know why nobody was buying Pita bread.

Because the public has been sold on the false idea that you are supposed to wrap Pita bread around your food. Specifically, by industries that don't have the capacity to competitively produce Pita bread.

For a while, people probably bought pita bread and tried to wrap it around their food and thought "This is stupid!" they would say, "It's just as easy to wrap a tortilla around it!"

People would get frustrated just trying to eat it that way, even when it's made for them at a fast-food restaurant.

That is the whole idea! Drive a wedge between the public and pita bread, so tortilla manufacturers will rule the market! (pardon me while I adjust my tin-foil hat...)

You're not supposed to wrap pita brad around your food dumb-ass! Your supposed to split the edge of the pita bread and it will open up like a pocket! You then stuff it and eat it!

And that's my best guess as to why County Market out on White Oaks Drive doesn't have pita bread.

Pasfield Family Values

Recently I came into some information about the restaurant preferences of local members of the Pasfield family. Who are the Pasfields? It's quite an interesting history lesson and you may be able to get more information by visiting PasfieldHouse.com

Anyway, they have a fundamental rule about eating only at local restaurants. Specifically, restaurants that are not franchises that remove far more money from the local economy than add to it. I tend to agree. I shamefully break that rule on most occasions, like anyone else. I know one of them secretly likes Steak n Shake, so I don't feel so bad.

What does that have to do with the guys in the photograph?

If the picture looks unfamiliar, these guys were protesting around the construction of the new Texas Roadhouse restaurant that was built near White Oaks Mall at Iles Ave and Veterans Parkway. Why were they protesting? Because they are local union construction workers who were passed over in favor of cheaper labor from out-of-state.

Yep. The restaurant was built with labor from out-of-state.

The company is publicly traded (TXRH) with a value of $8.76 a share as of a few minutes ago.