When I was in Vancouver (Canada) in 2003, I hopped into a restaurant
for some blue berry pie and ice cream. It was very reasonably
priced.
The next time I went in, they wouldn't serve pie and ice cream. I
think the reason was because they figured they had priced it too
cheap. They could have raised the price...???
So anyway, I then asked if I could have a separate order of pie, and a
separate order of ice cream. They refused. I was told that I could
have either pie, or ice cream.?????????
I wonder how long they stayed in business??? Who knows??
The down town east side of Vancouver is pretty quirky to say the
least.

A Moose in Love > wrote in
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> When I was in Vancouver (Canada) in 2003, I hopped into a
restaurant
> for some blue berry pie and ice cream. It was very reasonably
> priced.
> The next time I went in, they wouldn't serve pie and ice cream.
I
> think the reason was because they figured they had priced it too
> cheap. They could have raised the price...???
> So anyway, I then asked if I could have a separate order of pie,
and a
> separate order of ice cream. They refused. I was told that I
could
> have either pie, or ice cream.?????????
> I wonder how long they stayed in business??? Who knows??
> The down town east side of Vancouver is pretty quirky to say the
> least.
>

Sounds like a vignette from Portlandia.

JS

A Moose in Love wrote:
>
> So anyway, I then asked if I could have a separate order of pie, and a
> separate order of ice cream. They refused. I was told that I could
> have either pie, or ice cream.?????????
> I wonder how long they stayed in business??? Who knows??
> The down town east side of Vancouver is pretty quirky to say the
> least.

Shhh! Don't tell Mayor Bloomberg.

"A Moose in Love" > wrote in message
...
> When I was in Vancouver (Canada) in 2003, I hopped into a restaurant
> for some blue berry pie and ice cream. It was very reasonably
> priced.
> The next time I went in, they wouldn't serve pie and ice cream. I
> think the reason was because they figured they had priced it too
> cheap. They could have raised the price...???
> So anyway, I then asked if I could have a separate order of pie, and a
> separate order of ice cream. They refused. I was told that I could
> have either pie, or ice cream.?????????
> I wonder how long they stayed in business??? Who knows??
> The down town east side of Vancouver is pretty quirky to say the
> least.

Are you sure the dessert didn't come with the meal?

Perhaps things have changed now but I ordered an iced tea as a kid because
they didn't have any diet drinks at that time and I can't stand sweet drink.
I was shocked and horrified to discover that they had sweetened it for me.
With sugar! I had to resort to a hot tea to get a plain beverage.

On Jun 3, 11:47*pm, "Julie Bove" > wrote:
> "A Moose in Love" > wrote in ...
>
> > When I was in Vancouver (Canada) in 2003, I hopped into a restaurant
> > for some blue berry pie and ice cream. *It was very reasonably
> > priced.
> > The next time I went in, they wouldn't serve *pie and ice cream. *I
> > think the reason was because they figured they had priced it too
> > cheap. *They could have raised the price...???
> > So anyway, I then asked if I could have a separate order of pie, and a
> > separate order of ice cream. *They refused. *I was told that I could
> > have either pie, or ice cream.?????????
> > I wonder how long they stayed in business??? *Who knows??
> > The down town east side of Vancouver is pretty quirky to say the
> > least.
>
> Are you sure the dessert didn't come with the meal?
>

I'm sure, as I never had a meal there. Just dessert.

> Perhaps things have changed now but I ordered an iced tea as a kid because
> they didn't have any diet drinks at that time and I can't stand sweet drink.
> I was shocked and horrified to discover that they had sweetened it for me..
> With sugar! *I had to resort to a hot tea to get a plain beverage.

On Sun, 3 Jun 2012 20:47:53 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
> "A Moose in Love" > wrote in message
> ...
> > When I was in Vancouver (Canada) in 2003, I hopped into a restaurant
> > for some blue berry pie and ice cream. It was very reasonably
> > priced.
> > The next time I went in, they wouldn't serve pie and ice cream. I
> > think the reason was because they figured they had priced it too
> > cheap. They could have raised the price...???
> > So anyway, I then asked if I could have a separate order of pie, and a
> > separate order of ice cream. They refused. I was told that I could
> > have either pie, or ice cream.?????????
> > I wonder how long they stayed in business??? Who knows??
> > The down town east side of Vancouver is pretty quirky to say the
> > least.
>
> Are you sure the dessert didn't come with the meal?

You have a point.
>
> Perhaps things have changed now but I ordered an iced tea as a kid because
> they didn't have any diet drinks at that time and I can't stand sweet drink.
> I was shocked and horrified to discover that they had sweetened it for me.
> With sugar! I had to resort to a hot tea to get a plain beverage.
>
You must have been in the South. People have said many times right
here in rfc that that's how they serve tea unless otherwise specified.

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Food is an important part of a balanced diet.