My wife and I get bizarrely good treatment from th...

My wife and I get bizarrely good treatment from this restaurant. We're treated so well, it confuses me. We come here decently often, but we're far from regulars. We normally sit at the bar and chat with the staff, but we normally just get wine and light fare (not even a full meal). I suppose we tip pretty well, but it must be comparatively low to couples who get dinner. So based on all of that, I can't imagine why we get such special treatment.

And then it hit me. We don't. That's just how exceptional Tony and his staff are. You don't normally expect a high end restaurant to have the welcoming ambiance of a corner bar. But that's the culture here. I can't name many restaurants in the city that get it all right. Cinghiale is one for sure.