Alright, let me say first and foremost that I promised in the very beginning NOT to slam an establishment — this is not a slam!

Ok, with that out of the way, let’s talk about the new Malcolm’s Place.  Apparently, Malcolm’s Place has taken over the former Maurizio’s!

They’ve retained the Maurizio’s menu, which was fantastic, of course!

Unfortunately, they’ve slimmed down their wine menu (as compared to the original Malcolm’s) and priced it for fine dining (which was what Maurizio’s was).  It’s sad to see a restaurant make such a huge error.  The last time I was there, my friends and I walked from the center of Salcedo looking for a good place on a Friday night.  We went from one place to another … all were jam-packed!  Not a table available for hours!  So we walked to the original Malcolm’s near the Sommerset along H.V. dela Costa.  They were full too!  They pointed us to the new Malcolm’s at the former Maurizio’s and said we could get a table there.  Lo and behold! The place was practically empty!  There was no wine list because they offered just one choice of white or red (neither exciting), each sold only by the glass!

I asked them why the difference between the two places, and they explained that it is because the new location is fine dining.  Fine dining, yeah. But there was no one there!

Sometimes, you really have to wonder about these restauranteurs.  They could at the very least have shared the wine list and pricing across both locations and had the new place receive the overflow from the old location.

Grrr…. at the end of the day, we ended up at The Establishment at The Fort Strip.

That’s for the next post.