If you have emailed us regarding what is happening at Rita's, enter the password we emailed you to enter the discussion forum on Rita's Lounge.   Read the many emails received and comment away...

 

Here are some samples:

"George, I heard Rita's was listed for sale and might be closing down.  Do you know anything about it?"     Name Withheld.

Reply: All I know is what I was told by a reliable source and that is that John Timberlake went into the Flamingo looking for a new job in December 2007 and claimed Rita's was indeed closing for good after the first of the year.... After customers approached him about this at Rita's, he denied the rumor. Now, he is no longer working at Rita's. Whether he got fired, was forced to find work elsewhere, or ran the place into the ground, only the owner knows for sure...  The old restaurant is indeed listed for sale with Santa Rosa Realty last time I checked, but Nancy was keeping this fact on the QT as not to upset any of the regular drunks that keep the place financially afloat.  My thought is this; everything is for sale, it's just a matter of price.  From the way the place has gone downhill over the years, selling the place seems like a logical solution to a management problem.  The stripper pole in the karaoke lounge surely does not add value to the business and a new low point for karaoke and serious singers.  In any event, I wish everyone the best at Rita's while I spend my time and my money where they treat their customers and their employees with respect, and that's not at Rita's, unfortunately.

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" Hi George!

How have you been doing? I just happen across the Last Day Saloon website and saw Karaoke with Class link and there you were! Good for You!! No more Rita's for you! You are much better than that! I haven't been there to sing in quite a while. Got tired of sloppy people and bad dj's since you left! I will have to come by and see you and your girlfriend (I forgot her name sorry!) and sing a song or two, maybe even three!

Be well! "  Name withheld.

Reply:  You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make them drink..

 

"Georgie,

Hey, I had a dinner thing at Ritas last Friday (didn't do karaoke) it was our anniversary and we took a group of old friends and the kids. The bill was $230, which is what I expected, but at 9:00 ish when we asked for 3 more drinks after dinner, she asked us to move into the bar as a party of ten was coming in and they needed the table, they totally rushed us, and the place was pretty empty. I was furious. Appalled is the word. We were just sitting around visiting over dinner and drinks. Wonder if I should bother telling the owner."   Name Withheld

Reply:

Nowhere, at any restaurant, is this kind of treatment acceptable or common practice in the business. You should be appalled. And yes, you should complain verbally to the owner. What the owner does not know, does surely hurt her, and we don't want that. Will she do something about it, is the question.

Plus, Rita's refuses to serve dinner past 9pm. So, how was it that ten more people needed the table for dinner after 9pm ??? To me, it just sounds like there was no "Manager" on duty supervising the dining room, as usual, and the food waitress wanted to go home or wanted to sing karaoke. That's unprofessional at best. Sounds like this waitress and manager need to be retrained professionally.

I use to be in charge of training and retraining the KJs how to be professional at Rita's. But not anymore.

So sorry to hear about your bad experience.