Fascinating service moment of the week: Le Cirque, NY
August 11, 2006
At the bar at Le Cirque, in New York:
Bartender: "Yes?"
Me: "I'd like a glass of sparkling wine please."
Bartender: "Wha?
Me: "Sparkling wine."
Bartender (flustered): "Spuh...wine...wha?" (flabbergasted) "You mean champagne".
Me (exhausted and beaten down): "Yes, champagne."