Boycott Category Now in Effect: The Dog Pit
It was around 2:17am on July 11th that a new category is needed on GRDine.com…Boycott. I didn’t realize business was going so well for the Dog Pit that they now have to turn away business. I congratulate them on their new found success.
Cutting through the sarcasm you can tell I had a poor experience and this story needs to be told. A recent blog comment called GRDine out on not having any poor experiences to write about. Honestly, it is because we have been visiting restaurants we enjoy and tend to have a positive experience. Dog Pit is one of these restaurants I enjoy frequenting after a night out with friends…not anymore.
It has been a while since I’ve visited the Dog Pit, but I was out for a good friends bachelor party and happened to stay out long enough to require the “fourth meal” (I’ll credit Taco Bell for that). A few of us guys were in purchase decision mode and the winning option was chili dogs. Now that we identified fare, we needed to lock down location. I personally made the argument for Dog Pit since I enjoyed Ritz just a few weeks prior…Wrong choice…
When we approach Dog Pit, the location was buzzing and extremely busy. There was a line at least 10 people deep, and most of the seats were taken by customers with the same goal we identified minutes earlier. As soon as we approached the door, a couple was leaving and held the door open for us (we will find out later the door was locked to the outside, but not for those looking to exit). We decided we were willing to bare with the long line. We stood in line just long enough to identify what we were going to order (and really looking forward to enjoying the dogs) when the man-boy employee came down to the end of the line and drew a very distinct imaginary line and asked us to leave because they were closed. I responded with “You are still serving people so how are you closed? Why are we being asked to leave?”. At this point we still had not known the door was locked from the outside. I tried to proposition the man-boy with an offer I thought he couldn’t refuse…he refused. I offered 3 X’s payment for dogs… Apparently money is not the currency I should have been offering.
Now, in defense to the man-boy, he had probably been dealing with drunks for a majority of the night and just wanted to close up shop. However, we were polite and still refused service when obviously we had no idea the restaurant had closed.
Never again will I visit Dog Pit. I will resort to street vendor dogs before I even consider eating another one of their dogs. A bit harsh? Give me one good reason to think otherwise. -JD
Correction: Previous post indicated 2:35am. It was 2:17 based on a call I made when in line.
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