Half our guests brought someone they want to impress. A date. A client. An out-of-town friend. A parent.
When we deliver, the person who brought them looks like they know things. They become the kind of person who knows places.
Every detail compounds toward that effect: the Crumple Kimura glass, the soigné mark on the reservation, the bartender remembering a name, the kitchen sending an amuse for a birthday.
Every miss undoes it.