First I thought, 'Damn. That was quick.' I thought the waiter was going to put down my trout benedict. Then I thought - no way, that plate's too small. I didn't order this. It's huge. What is it, precicely? It looks and tastes a lot like Bisquick. It appears to be a giant bisquit. Why? Since I sat on the patio, there's been a jar of orange marmalade on the table. And now, next to it, a piping hot, giant, fluffy white bisquit. And no flatware. Uninvited fingerfood. I can barely nibble on it.
In short order, breakfast did arrive. It was unbelievably good. A small portion on a giant platter, the waiter forced me to get it with grits. It's all good.
"Naturally the common people don't want war: Neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood.
But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy.
All you have to do is TELL them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger.
In my usual generosity I felt tonight I should give Swifts one more try. I honestly needed a lard fix, but sadly, this just doesn't cut it anymore. What could I say to Miguel? I can't eat this?
Unlike Strelka Matt's recent experience where the service was poor but the food was okay, my final visit to Swifts #4 on Broadway was the opposite.
Despite any vestiges of personality, the service provided by the new day waitress was very good. But the meat and potatoes were overcooked, the homefries filled with a grill-day's crisps, the eggs runny, and Texas toast, again, cooked on a grill that hadn't been scraped or even wiped in a full shift.
I asked around, and others agree - this is a neighborhood tragedy. For example, where's the good food? Capone's? Should I?
Enoch says maybe. He's said he went to Swifts for 26 years and can't go back. "It's a crisis".
