We had a lovely dinner tonight, wrapped up with some excitement at the end. A few times during the meal we had heard a motorcycle outside, revving loudly. Really, really LOUD. So loud we'd have to stop talking until it was done. Then five minutes or so later, it would start back up again.
Apparently the outdoor diners didn't care for having their meal ruined by some asshole on a Harley. And one of them yelled at the biker, "is this the first time you've ever been on a bike?" Well the biker didn't like that, so he yelled back "Is this the first time you've ever had a meal?" and started revving again. Then the diner started screaming "Get out of here asshole, we don't want you here!" and threw ice at the biker. At which point the biker picked up one of those real estate newsletter stands and threw it at the diner. No one was hurt; everyone at that table got wine all over themselves and a planter was smashed.
We were inside when all this was happening; all we heard was the Harley revving, then the screaming, and Georg could see out the window and saw the newsletter stand flying through the air. When we left there was a strange sort of stalemate: all the outdoor diners had come inside and were sort of milling around, and the bikers were just standing there outside, revving their engines a little, not aggressively like before. No one seemed to be doing anything. A bystander filled in the details for us while we were walking away.
One of the bystanders, an older gentleman riding on one of those Hoveround things, said "people like that give the good bikers a bad name." Later I wondered about the outdoor diners: that one guy had arguably started the fight, but there were five tables out there and they all had to flee in the middle of their meals. Did the restaurant comp them? It's funny because I had been really bummed out that we couldn't get a table outside. And then it turned out to be lucky for us.
In any case, the moral for today is: Don't throw things at a guy on a Harley. Even if he's acting like a dick.
I have to guess you were here:
http://archerpelican.typepad.com/tap/2004/03/low_carb_meals_.html
But maybe you were elsewhere?
--Phil at the Archer Pelican
I'm guessing the Harley was not of this style:
http://archerpelican.typepad.com/tap/2004/01/cool_or_dorky.html
Phil at the Archer Pelican
Actually we were here: http://www.tupelohoneycafe.com/ A superb meal, regardless of the antics outside. We weren't that hungry so we each got the "three sides" plates. In retrospect that was the way to do it because we got to try so many dishes. My favorite was the cornbread: it had ginger in it and was served with peach butter. I also had fried green tomatoes and cheesy mashed cauliflower (actually chopped, not mashed, which gave it a really nice texture).
I didn't get a good look at the Harleys; we went outside after the fight and it seemed prudent to move along. I did notice that they were large, the kind with storage compartments on the sides.