Madam Tartines

I have been a regular customer at Madame Tartine's since it was BB's.  I was planning a Barack Obama fundraiser and asked what kind of party package they could put together.  They offered to donate a keg of Stella and encouraged me to extend our happy hour into a debate watch party.  We agreed that that was a great idea and promoted the party as such to our friends, co-workers and fellow Obama supporters.  

The day of the event I arrived at Mme. Tartine's to set up and Pascal, the General Manager, introduced himself and explained that they would not be donating a keg of Stella because their distributors could not be affiliated with a political party.  More, they would not allow our guests to watch the debate in the restaurant as it may disturb other patrons.  

I asked why none of this had been communicated to me prior to the party and the General Manager flippantly said, "What difference would that have made?"  I responded that I would have had the party at another venue.  Clearly, this is exactly why he did not tell me in advance of the party that they reneged on their offer.  I asked to speak with Donnie Kruse, the owner, since he was the person I negotiated our party package with, and he was conveniently unavailable.

Not standing by their commitment was dishonest and underhanded.  I will never do business with them again.