But I know of lots of so-called classy restaurants where you always have to ask for water. Potatoes are baked, make that steamed, in foil. Soft rolls and little cartons of butter arrive in a red plastic basket. The ketchup bottle goes right on the table, whether you ask for it or not. Order coffee, and the waitress brings cups of hot coffee plus a little plastic pot of coffee for refills.
Wine is by the glass.
Don't ask whose cabernet or merlot is served, as His Honor did. The waitress isn't sure, and will have to check. Besides, most people drink beer and don't ask silly questions like that. And she's waiting to take our order. I like a waitress who doesn't hesitate to tell you what she thinks.