re: Blue Ridge, Ga area restaurants

I will always remember a special 20 year wedding anniversary at Black Sheep.

Black Sheep will never be on my list to return to in Blue Ridge. A few years ago after getting good recommendations about the place, I walked in one afternoon to make reservations, 4 days in advance of our 20th wedding anniversary. They asked what the occasion was, and I told them. "Yes sir", the hostess said. That will be fine, dinner for 2 at 7:00 on the desired night was set.

On the night of our anniversary we showed up a few minutes early. They asked if there was a special occasion, and I told them again, and reiterated that I told them of the 20th anniversary the day I made the reservations. They said our table wasn't quite ready yet, but they would let us know when it was, and to have a seat at the bar.

All night long, they kept trying to get us to eat at the bar, but we politely declined because it was our 20th anniversary and we expected a table as promised. They kept saying they were sorry the table wasn't ready, and offered us a drink. After 2 drinks we started declining them because we wanted wine with dinner, and knew we had to drive home after the meal.

Long story short, around 9:00 they said if we didn't eat at the bar they couldn't serve us because the kitchen was closing at 9:30.

BTW, they did seat a couple of larger parties while we waited for the table that never happened, and when I asked about it, they said they were being seated because the large tables were reserved for them.

We left and went somewhere else, never to return.