Some restaurants think they're too good for traditional menus. I few years ago I went to Diner, one of the hippest Brooklyn spots at the time (one evening, Bill

Some restaurants think they're too good for traditional menus. I few years ago I went to Diner, one of the hippest Brooklyn spots at the time (one evening, Bill Murray was hanging out there, pretending a slice of lime was his teeth). They refused to have a paper menu. Instead, the waiter would verbally tell you about all 15 or so items, while casually scribbling each item in shorthand on the paper tablecloth. After they'd gone, you'd have forgotten most of the things they had mentioned, so you'd try to decipher the scribbles that the waiter had left. It was pretty silly and frustrating (and the food was merely adequate).