Comments on: Ciboulette’s Final Rant: The French A-Hole with Principle

By: shenanigans

shenanigans — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:18:03 +0000

@22: You’re the kid who eats tartare! Your dad may be thought of as an a-hole but damned if he didn’t teach his boy how to eat.

By: Lulu Fishpaw

Lulu Fishpaw — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 05:19:28 +0000

Anyone know if Jose is still cooking at HotCakes. If so, has the kitchen staff quit yet? Working with him is, um… challenging.

By: thomas

thomas — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 22:20:36 +0000

he is portugese and spanish of descentant

aha

By: Thurston

Thurston — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 16:35:11 +0000

Isn’t Jose an odd first name for a frenchie?

By: thomas

thomas — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 03:22:17 +0000

lol jose is my dad no kidding i am just bored and looking at random article
i dont live with him anymore

By: cafe75001

cafe75001 — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:13:21 +0000

Man, I’m always late with these articles! Don’t seem to ever have time to sit at the computer and read – but when I do, I always enjoy the reparte (keep it up you guys!).

I totally agree with Upstart – I was only in Ciboulette once; a culinary student friend from Paris had raved about it, so moving to Cville, I went. Sacre Bleu! At first I was excited to see the french products, then like Upstart, I noticed the slimy mold (not the kind that’s supposed to be there) on the cheese, the bloom on the chocolate. AND, as several of you have noted – NO ONE in the store who even acknowledged my presence. I left. And never went back.

By: egoodell

egoodell — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:07:31 +0000

We tried to eat there once. Walked in – it was quiet – early evening – waited 15 minutes. Nobody acknowleged us and so we left. My husband was a restaurant manager for 15 years and will not accept bad service. I exect this was part of the problem.

You have to accept where you have your business. Most Americans, myself included, despite growing up in Europe (for 18 years) will not east sweetmeats. Ick.

egoodell

By: five

five — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:57:34 +0000

You can almost hear his accent in the rant.

You can almost feel the curses coming to you.

You can almost taste that wine or dish.

/But no, he won’t let you. I wish Jose would make a come-back.

By: shenanigans

shenanigans — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:46:05 +0000

@16: Um, maybe because it’s ancient news? And I used to go there and always liked everything just fine. He once made me the most amazing cheese plate ever. But then again I have lived in France and understand things like cultural differences. And I am a snotty elitist bitch.

By: danpri

danpri — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:33:28 +0000

Ate their once. Stopped by with daughter after swim team and ordered….sandwiches. Really expensive grilled chicken things on baguette. Waited 19 minutes after order, without anyone else in the joint to get the sandwich. Took it home. Daughter bit into it and it was dripping raw in the middle. Perhaps he was trying for the sous vide sandwich?

Snotty attitude…check.
Overpriced….check.
Long wait….check.

Must be a cheese eating surrender monkey running the joint.