It's all part of the script. They insert an artificial expectation that one must wait to be seated to manufacture a sense of popularity, trendiness, and exclus

It's all part of the script. They insert an artificial expectation that one must wait to be seated to manufacture a sense of popularity, trendiness, and exclusivity. Sounds like another Chicago restaurant that I visited once. Once. That establishment remains to this day the only place where I have ever left a $0.02 tip--worst service I have ever experienced as a restaurant customer.