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You know what, I do like bread and crackers when they are available, but a lot of the places they have bread and crackers are actually quite cheap, and I would never go to a fancy restaurant just because they have bread and crackers.

For me, when I've went to Galletoires before, while the food has been very good, the atmosphere is very aloof, to me, and makes me uncomfortable. It, again, to me, seems like too much of a stuffy institution for my taste. I'm not saying that the people who go there are stuffy, but rather, the vibe that the restaurant atmosphere gives off in the way management has set it up gives it a very elitist aura, and this makes me uncomfortable

To be honest, I don't want my napkin folded for me by the waiter when I get up to use the restroom, I don't want to be treated as if I am royalty, I just want good food and a laid back atmosphere. For me, with Copa America soccer on television, it would be great if, during dinner, I could kick back and watch some soccer while eating pretty good, cheap food. That is a much more enjoyable experience for me than sweating through my button-down while I eat food that I know will cost hundreds of dollars.

Not mention that if men are just going to put the sport coat on back of the chairs before sitting down, then what's point of making them put it on for the ten seconds they walk to their table? It just seems stupid to me.

The atmosphere is not all of as you have said several times. The patron (you) apparently are "aloof".

If you are uncomfortable, don't want your napkin folded, want to watch soccer and apparently have an aversion to a sport coat than pick a place and be done with it. I wear a blazer or sport coat because I enjoy it. Not to endure it and I don't "sweat" through it. I've only taken my coat off at dinner 3 times and all three were the Chefs table at Commanders which is in the kitchen and they encourage you because of the heat. But they have a coat rack so I didn't hang it on the back of my chair like a Members Only jacket.

And where does the food for you cost "hundreds of dollars?'

Frankly with your complaints I think you are doing it wrong.