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Your food sucked, your server's attitude hovered somewhere between dismissive and hostile, and if there was an award for longest time elapsed between courses (delivered by the cockroach you saw skitter across the eatery's bathroom wall) this restaurant would win. Hopefully the grand trifecta of dining disasters does not happen to you. And if so, my condolences, and hopefully a trip to a nice Danny Meyer establishment to make it up is in order.

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The little things a restaurant does to show customers its love can go a long wayespecially at the end of a meal. Of all the aspects of the restaurant experience, paying the bill is probably the least fun. Aside from the whole how-to-split-a-check quandary , there's also a chance for an establishment to be totally obnoxious.

Imagine a world where you'd never have to flag down a harried waiter. Where you can place your order for a ribeye and Jameson the moment you sit down. Where you can take care of the check as soon as you're ready—and not when said harried waiter gets around to it.