One of the dumbest (in my opinion) British Comedies is set in a high-end department store where clerks approach customers with the phrase, "Are you being served?" It's the only redeeming part of the show. I love the idea of store clerks with a focus on service...remember how I LOVE good customer service...rather than just helping someone? Service implies meeting a need that might not have been expressed.
Well, my brother and I discovered the Mecca for customers seeking good service: Cancun Cafe.
A couple of years ago, we were at Cancun Cafe and made the huge mistake of drinking a lot of water with our chips and salsa and we were full before the meal came. That didn't stop us though. We ate the lot and thought we might lose our cookies the rest of the night. This kind of memory would normally cause me to avoid the scene of the crime, but the thing about Cancun Cafe is Pedro - the best waiter in all the wide world.
We've been asking to sit at Pedro's table for a couple years now. He remembers all our favorites - no lettuce for my brother, Horchata for me, doesn't charge us for chip refills and brings us guacamole and the spicey salsa with our chips without us asking, ...he's quick, the food tastes better when he's there, and most importantly, he is friendly and treats us as if we were life-long friends. He is simply the best, Jerry. The best! He even brought me a T-shirt from his trip to Mexico a while back.
Pedro gets a bigger tip than any waiter ever in the history of tips (well, maybe not quite that) and he deserves every penny.
#16 on my list of Favorite Things is PEDRO.
