Met up with a buddy for a bite and a drank at the “European-style,” Portuguese-inflected Grace & Proper, a corner joint we’d discovered walking home after dinner on Monday — the main reason being that they had a #superbock on their IG account. SUPERBOCK! I mean…. we had to, right?? 
If only to take advantage of yet another gorgeous late afternoon / early evening in the sun 
The place is super-popular & filled up quickly, but we’d gotten there early & snagged a table inside after spending a few minutes on the incredibly uncomfortable outdoor chairs.
The strange thing here is that there’s an auto-grat of 20% added to the check, regardless of the size of your party. It is also not mentioned anywhere: not on the menu, not on their website, not on their IG account. So, if you don’t know, you may be surprised, but we tend to tip 20% anyway.
HOWEVER, you go to the bar to order your drinks & pick them up yourself, you order food at the bar (which at least is delivered to your table, and you don’t have to bus it yourself), and there’s the brilliant idea of providing free sparkling or regular water from a tap over a large sink near the bar (self-service, too, natch).
So… whom am I tipping here, exactly, and for what? 
Never mind we waited endlessly for our summer veg with lemon aioli, while our friend who arrived late almost immediately got her sardine torta.
Well, turns out they forgot our order. We nixed it and got the bifana and the “Euromuff” for yours truly — the only true euromuff at the table, after all 
The bifana was kinda boring, my sammich nice but perhaps not worth returning for 
I’m heading back home today via train to Lewistown (my first train ride stateside ever, IYCBI!!!) for our show tomorrow — a day early to be on the safe side, and also so I can celebrate several birthdays tonight that occurred in my ladies group this past week 
Crashing with a good friend who is just about to embark on a semester abroad in Hamburg, and it sure will be interesting to figure out all the logistics.
