8/10/2023 0 Comments Zed 451 restaurantBut as Reader food columnist Mike Sula pointed out, the restaurant is geared towards “ Sex and the City wannabes who don’t care as much about eating as about being seen in the right place eating.” I can only imagine how emotionally insecure ZED 451 anticipates their clientele to be that the chain’s honchos would rank love (from a busser, no less) above palatable food and a sanitary environment. The slim spiral-bound notebook opens by stating that guests should leave the restaurant feeling that they “Had a number of ‘love experiences'” and “Can’t imagine leaving without thanking a manager.” The “love experience” is a pervasive theme: page three outlines the “Hierarchy of Guests’ Needs,” with “Love” at number one, “Emotional Connections” at number three, and “Great Fresh Seasonal Food” and “A Clean Comfortable Atmosphere” at five and six. Ellie observed that the busser manual reads “like an etiquette pamphlet for a coat check boy at a sex club.” I went to the opening, accompanied by local sleaze rocker Ellie Maybe, whose interest had been piqued after discovering a Zed 451 busser’s manual tossed out the window of a passing car. Best of Chicago 2022: Sports & RecreationĮarlier this year the former Sal & Carvao reopened as Zed 451, a post-Brazilian churrascaria vying with all the other over-the-top all-you-can-meat joints (Brazzaz, Fogo du Chao, the new Texas de Brazil).Best of Chicago 2022: Music & Nightlife.
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