LESSON LEARNED: REVIEWS ARE NOT ALWAYS RELIABLE, AS I TOOK A CHANCE WITH THIS RESTAURANT BASED ON REVIEWS. Dated restaurant, horrible food and service: I initially ordered fish and within seconds decided to get shrimp, considering my daughter was ordering the fish platter. The shrimp, fish, and fries were soft and not crispy. I was told after placing the order, which included crispy shrimp for me and fish for my daughter that the food would not be crispy because the food was not cooked in pork grease or lard. The male owner went on to tell me that the food was great, he had been doing [ this] for 35 years, his food is award winning, and he had a restaurant on Greenmount that stayed crowded all day. Ironically, it never crossed my mind that there were no other customers in the store. The cream of crab soup was extremely bland. I was told by the same male owner after picking up one of the desserts that was wrapped in plastic wrap, "Please do not touch the desserts. If you touch the desserts, your DNA will get on the plastic, then the person who buys the dessert will be eating your DNA when he or she unwraps the dessert and eats it. All of the desserts are fresh, so you do not have to worry, or touch them." Meanwhile, his wife is in the background yelling his name over top of him telling me about my DNA to ask him was he finished with a piece of paper he left in the kitchen area. She reportedly needed something to write on... Due to his tone, I decided to skip the dessert and started thinking, "Hmmmm...," but I remained hopeful and attempted to support the small black business and complete my $43 order... However, the wife insisted that my card was not working. After several requests for the male owner to place my order with the same card, he advised, "She is the boss, so if she said the card is not being accepted, you need to use another card." Again, I requested that he complete the payment transaction with the same card. He agreed, and finally, we learned that his wife did not have the chip end of my card inserted in the machine. Notably, no apology. After 25 minutes of waiting, I inquired regarding how much longer for my food to be ready. Why did I ask that question? The male owner appeared to have a meltdown with one other customer now present. He started yelling, "Look, I cook my food to order! This is not a damn fast food restaurant like Subway, or McDonalds where you have a bunch of young people running around with precooked food! All of my food is cooked to order, and I have been doing this for 35 years! I should have known that you would be a problem because you act like you couldn't afford the food from the time you walked in the door and change your order and didn't get a dessert!" My response, "Sir please stop raising your voice, while talking to me. I can afford anything in this store that I want. You are just rude, but I am still the customer at the end of this transaction." His response, "No, customers like you get on my damn nerves! Like I said, you act like you couldn't afford the food when you walked in the door!" I was speechless, as I could not believe I was in a registered MD business establishment (I as m assuming, but will investigate). I proceeded to ask for crackers for my soup as he completed my order. Why did I do that? He screamed, "Look, crackers were not a part of your initial order!" I just could not believe that had happened to me. I just shook my head and reiterated that he was unprofessional and his behavior was unacceptable. He screamed, "Get on out of here! The devil is a liar!" I am forever grateful that I was not one of my clients who I am charged with serving. Some people do not think twice about their career, livelihood, jail time, etc. Thank God for this assignment today. I passed the test. However, I would not recommend this business establishment for good food or service. read more