littlelotte

Lovely lovely Valentine's Day. Dan and I have never actually celebrated, but we figured since he has the night off and I had the day off that we'd actually do something. We saw Hannibal Rising (which I rather enjoyed, actually) and then went to dinner at Francois'. As terrible as he is at advertising and business, and when you have a bad experience there it's a TERRIBLE one...it really is the best food and atmosphere in town. Too bad they're not more consistent. mmm...Escargot, drunken lobster flambed tableside, irish cream creme brulee, Van Gogh double gin and tonic, Pouilly Fuisse chardonnay and champagne with a chocolate covered strawberry=amazing amazing dinner and evening. Unfortunately, Dan's filet mignon was overcooked because they forgot his lobster tail, so the steak probably sat for about five minutes and cooked itself from rare to medium :-(

So I'm playing around the Francois' website, and I knew from opening with CiP that getting a liquor license in Michigan is not an easy task. We even got Warren Buffett (close friends with Jimmy Buffett, though no blood relationship that anybody's actually aware of) involved (which usually helps speed things up a bit in other states) to no avail. I had NO IDEA that it was quite this involved, however:

http://www.francoiskazoo.com/news.html