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From: gill@wanginst.UUCP (Timothy D. Gill)
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Subject: Re: observation on pets in European restaraunts
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Date: Thu, 16-Jan-86 11:26:03 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan 16 11:26:03 1986
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In 1982 I ate in the restaraunt of Paul Bocuse, near Lyon, France, 
considered my many to be one of the best restaurants in France.  It was
a special day for me and my two guests.  We drove 2 hours from Geneva to
eat there and the tab for lunch was on the order of $300 for the 3 of us.
The service was impeccable and refined, even more so than what I was used
to from eating in good restaurants in France and Switzerland for 4 years.

At a table behind us an Italian couple and their poodle dined without the 
slightest sense of oddity.  The poodle sat in a chair, just as a person.  They
were behind me, so I couldn't see, but my friend let me know little tidbits,
such as the fact that the poodle finished his meal with a cup of coffee.
The waiters did not flinch.  Paul Bocuse came out and greeted all the
guests, but whether this included the poodle, I do not know.