Interview · moment 9 of 29
Dinner at Jimmy Hays and the Steak Doggie Bag Fight
from 158 - Leaving Hell · #158
4 min
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Tim describes a dinner at his favorite Long Island steakhouse, Jimmy Hays, that ends in an argument with his friend Scott over whether to take home three leftover pieces of Chateaubriand.
- Jimmy Hayes steakhouse on Long Island feels racist, which is what a steakhouse should feel like.
- During dinner with Scott and his kids, the children start screaming around dessert and Tim wants to leave immediately.
- Scott pushes Tim to take home three small pieces of leftover Chateaubriand in a doggie bag.
- Tim accuses Scott of having a weird poverty mentality, panicked that there won't be more steak.
- Taking home leftovers in a doggie bag looks trashy and signals you're being treated like a dog.
- People at restaurants sometimes take absurdly small portions home in containers like a tablespoon of mac and cheese.
- At fancy restaurants, for some people it's just like eating at a diner—they're there every day with no sense of occasion.
- Tim and his friend saved up for a year, turning in cans and jars of change, to afford a nice dinner.