No ketchup for you if you are over 10.

[Taltarzac725]

Over 10? No Ketchup for You, Restaurant Says - Business | Sarasota, Florida Patch (http://patch.com/florida/sarasota/under-10-no-ketchup-you-restaurant-says-0#.VA8EI_ldWXa)

Well, that is one restaurant I would not go to in Ft. Myers.

[fred53]

I would go just to find out what makes the fries so good that ketchup isn't needed. I would never discount trying a place out just because I couldn't have a condiment and they had a good reason...I find that being too narrow minded excludes me from some great experiences...

[billethkid]

I would go just to see what the routine is when ketchup is requested!!!
I am sure it is a gimmicky/cute talking point.

Out of my cold dead hands will they get my ketchup!!!:D

[LI SNOWBIRD]

2 semi-related thoughts. When we stayed at Disney's Fort Wilderness and ate breakfast at their restaurant, whenever someone asked for ketchup the whole dining room would shout "KETCHUP"! any table that had a bottle would walk over and give it to the person that asked for it. When we were in New Orleans last year they were selling t-shirts that said: "I put ketchup on my ketchup"

[billethkid]

2 semi-related thoughts. When we stayed at Disney's Fort Wilderness and ate breakfast at their restaurant, whenever someone asked for ketchup the whole dining room would shout "KETCHUP"! any table that had a bottle would walk over and give it to the person that asked for it. When we were in New Orleans last year they were selling t-shirts that said: "I put ketchup on my ketchup"

That is me!

[EnglishJW]

2 semi-related thoughts. When we stayed at Disney's Fort Wilderness and ate breakfast at their restaurant, whenever someone asked for ketchup the whole dining room would shout "KETCHUP"! any table that had a bottle would walk over and give it to the person that asked for it. When we were in New Orleans last year they were selling t-shirts that said: "I put ketchup on my ketchup"

Neat little story and absolutely the kind of thing that makes Disney so special - especially for kids.

[LndLocked]

Their is a long time steak house in Orlando were the original owner (and his son after him) absolutely and totally refused to cook a steak more well done than med rare. I have seen ol Rudy & Al Seng berate and invite a "customer" to leave if they did not like it! The got away with it because the steaks were as good as anything you have ever had in your mouth. The steak house still remains but both are long gone .... and the place is marginal now.

Asking for BBQ sauce at Charlie Vergo's Rendezvous BBQ in Memphis will earn you a good matured scolding and lecture on the evils of "wet ribs", complete with the threat that "you do not deserve my ribs!" They are also IMO some of the very finest ribs in the known and charted world ..... and I have eaten at the best BBQ joints from NC to TN to TX to KC .... and all points in between.

[pooh]

Go with what the chef recommends....:)

My son is a chef and one evening a patron had some dispute over his Kobe steak. He told his server, it wasn't Kobe.....chef came out of the kitchen, adorned in his tallest chef's hat and offered paperwork on the particular cow he was enjoying.....parents of said cow, where raised, slaughtered, etc. After appeasing this diner with no bloodshed, he went back to his kitchen.....only to have a waiter come in and ask for Hollandaise this patron requested.....thought Jim was going to have a FIT!....lol

CHEF! A hero in our house...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MixYRIUzVXs

[Taltarzac725]

Go with what the chef recommends....:)

My son is a chef and one evening a patron had some dispute over his Kobe steak. He told his server, it wasn't Kobe.....chef came out of the kitchen, adorned in his tallest chef's hat and offered paperwork on the particular cow he was enjoying.....parents of said cow, where raised, slaughtered, etc. After appeasing this diner with no bloodshed, he went back to his kitchen.....only to have a waiter come in and ask for Hollandaise this patron requested.....thought Jim was going to have a FIT!....lol

CHEF! A hero in our house...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MixYRIUzVXs

That's really funny, the chef.

[tedquick]

Go with what the chef recommends....:)

My son is a chef and one evening a patron had some dispute over his Kobe steak. He told his server, it wasn't Kobe.....chef came out of the kitchen, adorned in his tallest chef's hat and offered paperwork on the particular cow he was enjoying.....parents of said cow, where raised, slaughtered, etc. After appeasing this diner with no bloodshed, he went back to his kitchen.....only to have a waiter come in and ask for Hollandaise this patron requested.....thought Jim was going to have a FIT!....lol

CHEF! A hero in our house...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MixYRIUzVXs

In Omaha there used to be a one-seating-a-night restaurant. We would go in, look at the menu and place our order. The owner (also the chef in this case) would come up and tell us, "No, here is want you want to eat in here tonight". And he was always right. It was some of the most exquisite food I ever had in my mouth.

[DruannB]

My husband was vice-president of Skylark Meats about 10 years ago and they made a very high-end hot dog. At trade shows, we wouldn't let people have ketchup. We just told them it smothered the flavor. Most tried the hot dog and agreed they didn't need it. I do so miss those hot dogs. They're no longer made.

[Yung Dum]

In Omaha there used to be a one-seating-a-night restaurant. We would go in, look at the menu and place our order. The owner (also the chef in this case) would come up and tell us, "No, here is want you want to eat in here tonight". And he was always right. It was some of the most exquisite food I ever had in my mouth.
This reminds me of a short story I read many years ago by Saki aka H.H. Munro called "Specialty Of The House". This very specialized restaurant served up the best and most exotic food food known to man. Very good read. Check it out.

[zcaveman]

My husband was vice-president of Skylark Meats about 10 years ago and they made a very high-end hot dog. At trade shows, we wouldn't let people have ketchup. We just told them it smothered the flavor. Most tried the hot dog and agreed they didn't need it. I do so miss those hot dogs. They're no longer made.

Did they get mustard?

Z

[Walter123]

My husband was vice-president of Skylark Meats about 10 years ago and they made a very high-end hot dog. At trade shows, we wouldn't let people have ketchup. We just told them it smothered the flavor. Most tried the hot dog and agreed they didn't need it. I do so miss those hot dogs. They're no longer made.

There's something you don't hear every day, "High end hotdog" LOL! I don't care what end the hotdog comes from, it's still a hotdog.

[jblum315]

Years ago the McDonalds in London charged 10p for ketchup

[rubicon]

Their is a long time steak house in Orlando were the original owner (and his son after him) absolutely and totally refused to cook a steak more well done than med rare. I have seen ol Rudy & Al Seng berate and invite a "customer" to leave if they did not like it! The got away with it because the steaks were as good as anything you have ever had in your mouth. The steak house still remains but both are long gone .... and the place is marginal now.

Asking for BBQ sauce at Charlie Vergo's Rendezvous BBQ in Memphis will earn you a good matured scolding and lecture on the evils of "wet ribs", complete with the threat that "you do not deserve my ribs!" They are also IMO some of the very finest ribs in the known and charted world ..... and I have eaten at the best BBQ joints from NC to TN to TX to KC .... and all points in between.

LndLocked: Lived in Memphis for 5 years The biggest battle was what was better dry or wet ribs. had been to Rendezvous many times. My wife flipped when she saw the only thing they changed on their plates was the aluminum foil...gross her out

The second biggest argument best place for catfish.

Best pull pork sandwich was a little place on Elvis Presley Blvd (I think it was Bills BBQ) run by husband and wife. the wife's father started the Leonard BBQ

[rubicon]

Belgium claims to have invented the french fry. they grow specials potatoes. They cook their fries twice once with beef broth at 155 and a second time with oil at 375.

a woman I worked with went on a diet which focused on eliminating condiments. so she had french fries but not ketchup/catsup because of the sugar content. she went down to skin and bone and she was a tubby

[DruannB]

Nothing.

[GuaranteedTravelAssurance]

Over 10? No Ketchup for You, Restaurant Says - Business | Sarasota, Florida Patch (http://patch.com/florida/sarasota/under-10-no-ketchup-you-restaurant-says-0#.VA8EI_ldWXa)

Well, that is one restaurant I would not go to in Ft. Myers.

Ditto.

[Villages PL]

Forbidding salt-shakers at the tables and ketchup for those over 10 sounds like they might be trying to promote health, but somehow I doubt it. It's still a fast-food hamburger joint.

Fries will still be deep fried, hamburgers will still be "juicy" and served on a white-flour gooey-bun.

It's still mainly about taste, not health.

[jblum315]

Belgium claims to have invented the french fry. they grow specials potatoes. They cook their fries twice once with beef broth at 155 and a second time with oil at 375.

a woman I worked with went on a diet which focused on eliminating condiments. so she had french fries but not ketchup/catsup because of the sugar content. she went down to skin and bone and she was a tubby

You can lose weight pretty quickly by eliminating all white foods (sugar, white bread, potatoes, rice etc.) But it's awfully dull and hard to stick to.

[CFrance]

Forbidding salt-shakers at the tables and ketchup for those over 10 sounds like they might be trying to promote health, but somehow I doubt it. It's still a fast-food hamburger joint.

Fries will still be deep fried, hamburgers will still be "juicy" and served on a white-flour gooey-bun.

It's still mainly about taste, not health.
If you read the article, it never was meant to be about health. The resto provided truffle aioli for the french fries, a lot more sophisticated taste than ketchup. I am not condoning their refusals of ketchup or salt; I'm just saying it's has nothing to do with health.