Diner Forced To Spend Thousands On Wine After He Asks Waitress For Recommendation

Last week, Mr
Joe Lentini went out to eat at Bobby Flay Steak at
the Borgata Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City. Mr
Lentini who confessed that he's no wine expert,
asked a waitress for a wine recommendation, and
the waitress simply did her but went to the
extreme by recommending a wine which cost
$3,750 per bottle.
"I asked the waitress if she could
recommend something decent because I
don't have experience with wine," Lentini
said. "She pointed to a bottle on the menu. I
didn't have my glasses. I asked how much
and she said, 'Thirty-seven fifty.'"
It turns out that the wine was a bottle of
Screaming Eagle, Oakville 2011, which cost
$3,750.
Lentini and his two fellow diners were able
to get the restaurant to agree to a
discounted price of $2,200, which is
obviously still an incredible amount of
money.
The Ledger reached out to the Borgata for
the resort's side of the story.
"As the leading culinary destination in this
region, we consistently serve as many, if not
more high-end wine and spirits without
incident," executive vice president Joseph
Lupo said. "In this isolated case, both the
server and sommelier verified the bottle
requested with the patron."
Let's just hope some of the $2,200 will
trickle down to the residents of Atlantic City,
where three in ten people live below the
federal poverty level and falling casino
revenues have helped send the city into an
economic death spiral.
Posted By David Aniemeka