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I'm torn - do I believe the non-punctuator or the sloppy speller? Or since I'll probably never bother going to this place, have I cared enough about this question for two lifetimes already?
2
@Gus, those are the first things I noticed, too.
3
@1,

Sharp is guilty of punctuation and grammar infractions. Look at that faulty parallelism! "...of excellence, quality, consistent, and treating all staff with respect."

Levine is guilty of lazy spelling and punctuation.

For me, the faulty parallelism decides it. There's just no excuse for that.
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Hmmm. I've enjoyed Cornichon's writings as well as BJC's, but I feel an ethical pang over forwarding an e-mail to someone never intended to see it, even if it was green-lighted all the way.

On top of that background, Mr. Levine earns points for responding with equanimity. Coupled with his less-egregious grammar/orthography offenses, he wins.
5
I guess all's fair in love, food, and alt-weeklies.
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On hearing from Mackay Restaurants—that's the El Gaucho empire, including Aqua by El Gaucho, which used to be called Waterfront—that Aqua was getting a new chef* after only a short time under its new name, food writer Ronald Holden** sent an email inquiry about the reason for the end of chef Peter Levine's tenure.
This sentence is TERRIBLE! I guess I should be thankful that at least some of it was pulled out into footnotes - but really, at that point, why bother? Might as well go for broke and just shove it ALL the fuck in there.
7
I think they should hire an up and coming Filipina chef ...
8
Will - as always, shut the fuck up.
9
Its all good on my end. I will persue my own place this year...I guess I didn't fit in with the El Gaucho kitchen.

Especially the famous El Gaucho kitchen spelling bee.
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@6: You are correct, sir or madam. I'm going to save this as my first entry for the Regrets issue of 2012. To further the shame, I knew it was a bad sentence, but I didn't take the time to make it at least less awful. Sorry, world!
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our company standards, of excellence, quality, consistent, and treating all staff with respect


reminds me of 30 Rock's version of Six Sigma:


Teamwork, Insight, Brutality, Male Enhancement, Handshakefulness, and Play Hard
12
Who gives a crap about the spelling or the grammar...what we have here is a very talented chef in Levine leaving a void in Seattle's dining scene. I don't know about you, but I will be anxious to see what he does next.

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