Not quite as planned

Today's submissions come to us from two people who know each other in real life, and not just on the internet!

My friend MAB took this at MessHall, which is in the same building that one of the old Brown Derby restaurants used to occupy, back in the day. Based on the prices and what they're serving, I'd guess that this restaurant wants to be one of those hip, laid-back, kinda pretentious hipster-y joints. It is in Los Feliz, after all. So, you'd think with this pedigree, they might go out of their way to spell all the words on the menu correctly.

Photo by MAB

Well, these guys managed to spell avocado correctly, so there's that. However, CAESAR has an a at the end, and not the e as shown here. Also, for the love of G-d, who puts avocado in a caesar salad? Barf. And goat cheese? COME ON. Way to make this salad something I will never partake of. Just throw some olives on there and be done with it.

HOWEVER, a piece of good news. In her email to me, MAB said that the error was also online, and that the friend she was with let the restaurant know of the error. And lo and behold, when I went to check the online menu just now:

Well, crap. 

CAESAR is spelled correctly! They fixed it! Yay! Unfortunately, when they went in to fix it, they had some sort of bad reaction or spasm or something, and ended up jacking up a couple of the other words, so, hmm. This is awkward. Do we say anything? Or just leave it, to protect the rest of the menu?

SHHHH! No one say anything! Just put the menu down, and back away slowly.

Spelling Palsy. Lethal to the sense-making of your menu.

(Thanks, MAB!)