My parents went to Alinea to celebrate a milestone anniversary and elected to do the full tasting menu with wine pairings - I think it was 16 courses at the time. My dad isn’t a big drinker, so my mother, who likes her wine but is also kind of a lightweight AND can’t bear to waste anything, drank her pours and finished any that my dad didn’t. Almost immediately upon finishing the marathon, she excused herself and proceeded to upchuck the entire $1,000ish, 3+ hour experience in their very lovely ladies room.
Clearly this wasn’t the staff’s first rodeo, because they didn’t miss a beat - a floor manager was waiting outside the restroom to walk her back to the table afterwards and had already called them a cab. Needless to say, my mother will NEVER live that one down! 
