Things We Hate–Chairs Without Backs at Spotted Pig

Really, Spotted Pig started this thing in its present incarnation: restaurants that offer seating with no back to it, so you’re in a perpetual state of leaning forward into your food. It makes eating like a 19th century posture class for young ladies. Sit up straight, or else! And one suspects that the purpose is to get you out of there faster. At those prices, discomfort should be optional