Winking Lizard

So, I used to go to the Winking Lizard (Tavern) all of the time. There were a few years in there when I used to go at least once a week. The food was decent, they had a huuuge selection of beer, and they nad all kinds of NHL games on their TVs that I couldn't get at home.

But I haven't been there in a few months. Until this past weekend, when I stopped in to grab a bite to eat. They apparently have changed their menu. Now, I was only at one Winking Lizard, so maybe the one I went to was an odd one, but in my experience, all of the restaurants in the chain use the same menu.

Half of the pages on the menu were ads. You opened the menu, and the entire left side of the page was a huge add, and the food was listed on the right. It was incredibly annoying to me.

There is no way that you are going to tell me that they needed to make more money to pay the bills. That's just ridiculous. How can any place that sells alcohol and has as many customers as they do have any problems making money? They're just being greedy now.

I have to think that eventually, we'll get to the point where our environment is so saturated with ads that they are no longer really effective, but I have a feeling that it'll be a long time before we get to that point.