Life is a combination of magic and pasta.

I saw that piece on Sunday too. I've been to NOLA many times and have yet to eat at Antoines. I do remember hearing about the personal waiters but had completely forgotten about it until seeing it Sunday morning. I would like to go there sometime though I have heard that when you go in if you aren't a local they seat you in a "tourist" section and the experience isn't quite the same. I also think they require jackets for men and since we usually travel casual when we are there, I bet it will be hard for us to ever eat there.

In Matawan, we frequented a pub, Maloney's, where the owner and a couple of the bartenders and wait staff knew us. We didn't always get them as our servers but the ones who knew us if they were working would stop by to say hi if they saw us. It was nice.