Restaurant Reservations: By now, you’ve probably heard about our Santa Fe restaurant reservations issues. If not, briefly, I make reservations in advance. For one of our Santa Fe restaurants, we found out through Open Table it was closed due to a change of ownership … would not reopen for a few months. For another, Open Table warned us it was closed and we found out there had been a fire in the kitchen and they were remodeling. So, made two new reservations and it was fine.
We’re in Birmingham now. Before I left home, I made a reservation at a restaurant about 15 minutes from the hotel. Last night we got the car and headed that way. First, there was rush hour traffic to contend with. Then there was an accident blocking one of the highway lanes. And then it poured down rain. Poured down.
Pulled off the highway and headed last leg to the place when two police cars with lights on came around us. Guess where they and a fire engine or two were heading? Yep. Our restaurant. It was now closed with staff all standing outside in front. Found out later they had “an event” in the kitchen with lots of smoke that triggered the alarms and, thus, all the vehicles with flashing red lights.
Rain abated. We headed back to hotel. Traffic better the other direction. Gave car to valet at hotel and went across the street to a recently opened Indian restaurant where we had a delightful dinner…and no reservation.
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