not every place is closed on Thanksgiving. There is always Chinese when all else fails. Sometimes Chinese is just the thing on Thanksgiving when you find yourself family-less. Eatzi's was such a big deal when it opened. In DC was there just the one on Rockville Pike? I wasn't sure if others opened in the interim.
--- In [email protected], "Stephanie Smilay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sigh. Well, my worst Thanksgiving involved eating potato chips and > chocolate milk (yum!) because I didn't own a car or the wherewithal to > rent one and my Mom did not want to drive 2 1/2 hours to get me (she > never wants to drive anywhere; she has nothing against me in > particular). Why I didn't have the forethought to make myself > something decent mystifies me to this day. > > At least I had graduated from selling matches on the corner, so there is that. > > I will miss Eatzi's, though. > > Stephanie > > > > On 11/16/06, Ellen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Oh man, unbelievable. I have heard so many stories about food > > stores/restaurants going out of business on no notice. Can't they > > tell like at least a month ahead or something that they only have > > enough money for 1 month? I can do it with my own bank account, and > > I'm much poorer than eatzi's. If I thought I was going to go bankrupt > > I would have more than 1 day's notice to notify creditors, etc. And I > > don't even have employees! What is up with that? Hey Boston Market > > to the rescue, assuming they still have them in DC. How many people > > are coming for dinner? Plenty of restaurants are open too. I hope > > you didn't pay for it at least. Find the food you really want, either > > out or at home, and enjoy it. You deserve it. The divorce situation > > really sucks. Are you still on speaking terms or whatever with your > > dad? Sounds pretty hellish, at least that particular episode. > > Hopefully the situation ahs improved? > > > > > > --- In [email protected], Eleanor Keyser > > <eleanorkeyser@> wrote: > > > > > > My family is lazy and loves fried Turkey. So we ordered a Cajun > > Fried Turkey dinner from Eatzi's for Thanksgiving. A few days ago > > they call us, polite and efficient, to confirm the order and let us > > know the delivery fee. > > > > > > Yesterday I came home to a voicemail. It was Elliot, from Eatzi's. > > Elliot wanted to let us know that Eatzi's would be unable to fulfill > > our Thanksgiving order as the store was closing it's doors and going > > out of business as of TOMORROW (that would be today now). Of course I > > immediately thought "Buh? WTF dude? Are you some crazy ex- employee > > looking for payback?" I call Eatzi's. > > > > > > No answer. > > > > > > I click the website. > > > > > > All links off the homepage had been removed. > > > > > > Finally I get through to an Eatzi's manager who tells me the > > employees were just told about this that morning. Apparently, the > > Eatzi's chain executives went all 99.1 HFS on their asses. All but > > one Eatzi's across the country were closed, and the corporate office > > did not return press calls. WTF EATZI'S? W T F?!?!?!? YOU WANNA > > CANCEL CHRISTMAS NEXT???? > > > > > > You all should know that I loathe Thanksgiving more than I loathe > > all of the other loathsome days of my life combined. Every single one > > is like having Martha Stewart, on crack, use my skin as the surface of > > her latest needlepoint sampler. And now I cannot even drown my sorrows > > in fried Cajun Turkey. I fucking hate you Eatzi's. I really, really do. > > > > > > PS. I have a feeling this Thanksgiving may be the worst one since > > the first post-divorce nuclear melt down, which played a little > > something like this: Act I: Five hour car ride from Mom's to Dad's. > > Act II: Dad throws frozen turkey into the street at Mom, who burns > > rubber back to her lonely singleton Thanksgiving. The turkey skids > > into the gutter where it sits moldering for days. (I never did find > > out how long it sat there.) Act III: Thanksgiving at the local Jack > > in the Box--but not in the warm, posh inside of the "restaurant," oh > > no. It was drive-through for us. They get awfully snobby about grown > > men crying and chain smoking inside of those places. Bloody righteous > > prats. > > > > > > Oh, by the way, the second worst Thanksgiving involved Tofurkey, and > > that's all you need to know about that one. > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > > Sponsored Link > > > > > > Mortgage rates as low as 4.625% - $150,000 loan for $579 a month. > > Intro-*Terms > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > >
