Houston's Food Nazis according to the Press
I showed you here what Seinfeld's Soup Nazi was up to these days, but now The Houston Press' Brian McManus is featuring our town's versions of this beloved character:
A tall, bald, mustachioed waiter with crooked teeth, dark circles beneath his eyes and a bit of a paunch comes by the table to refill waters. "You two drinka lika fish," he comments.That was from Bibas One's a Meal on West Gray. My wife and I like that place. The paper says the rest of the so-called nazi's all inhabit restaurants around the Midtown and Downtown areas.
"Why you read magazines? You no like each other?" The two explain that they do enjoy one another's company. They are treated to a lecture on, among other things, the death of conversation. "People, they no communicate anymore. It's very sad."
"Who is this on this magazine?" Mustachioed Waiter asks as he sets down hot plates of food. "Paul Wall," the two answer. "He's a Houston rap artist," they offer when their explanation is greeted with a puzzled expression. "You like rap music?" they ask.
They are then treated to another lecture, this one about the current state of parenthood. "Parents no care for their kids anymore. They get in the way of careers; the parents go off to Paris and Spain for the weekend, leave the kids at home..."
2 comments:
That guy is bizarre.
While he's annoying, he's annoying in such a straightforward, earnest way that it's hard to take offense.
Case in point: Some time ago, Callie and I were having a pizza there (I used to live just a few doors down from the joint). He asks Callie someting along the lines of, "You're Greek. Why are you with American?"
Annoying? Yeah, a little. Except that's just how that guy is. It's kind of fun, because you NEVER know what's going to come out of his mouth. He has an opinion on everything (not unlike bloggers or Houston Press writers, now that I think about it! heh).
I later got to hear a story from Callie about how her dad once chased the guy with a chair at a poker game or some such. Those wacky Greeks!
We have never had an issue with him for some reason. I guess my wife and I look unapproachable or soemthing.
Now my wife has told me all about the Doozo lady. The descriptions in the article sounds dead on from what she's told me.
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