The Josper Grill: the indoor BBQ

The review of The Caxton Grill, in St. Ermine Hotel by Thrill List, is good and interesting in itself.

Perhaps more intriguing is the description of their indoor BBQ:

"At first glance you'd think the star of this airily modern, wood-floored, orange-seated restaurant is its mammoth, floor-to-ceiling "wine cube", but in actuality it's the Josper Grill: a newfangled, highly praised wood-burner that allows chefs to both BBQ and roast at the same time..."

see The Caxton Grill - Eat like a king, then drink like a spy

On Getting Upsold on Wine.

Lettie Teague, The Wall Street Journal Wine Critic, writes about the pain of being on the end of an aggressive upsale of wine in expensive restaurants.
"The sommelier thumbed back a few pages. There were a few wines that she liked to offer "special" people, she said and pointed to one—the 1993 Domaine Jean-Jacques Confuron, Les Vignottes, for $160. It was a Burgundy from a very good producer, from a successful year—but it was also $100 more than my original selection."
We have all been there, and would agree that in the end it's bad marketing and should be stomped on.
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The Outrage of the Upsell

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