Joshua Kronengold

As for going to restaurants without a reservation on nights other than Wednesday, we tried to make a reservation on Saturday night at the Old Spaghetti Factory (useful place when you have an 8-year-old or two), but were told that they didn't take reservations on busy nights. Well that's exactly when we most need them!

We ended up going across the street to Smokey Bones (201 S. Meridian), and got in with no waiting (the Spaghetti Factory was predicting 45 minutes), had exemplary service, and got good food in good-sized portions. We liked it enough that we took some of their cards to hand out to friends.

Spike Y Jones