I’m usually leery when a server doesn’t use a notebook during the ordering process.

To radically turn a phrase, a few times bitten, lots of times shy.

There was no need to worry at Local Tavern in Willoughby Hills. When Merrill took our order, she not only got it all correct, she took the step to see if the two couples at the table wanted separate checks.

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