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A few months ago, B.L.D. was having poaching problems of a different kind.

The Finicky Lawyer recounts his experience of arriving late for his reservation at Hatfield’s, only to wander into B.L.D. next door. Seems like an honest mistake, we were a bit turned around ourselves when we went to Hatfield’s. Both spots could use better signage.

The plot thickens though, when F.L. finishes his meal, realizes he is at the wrong spot and goes next door to Hatfield’s:

I sheepishly walked into Hatfield’s afterward to apologize for inadvertently skipping out on my reservation. The person at Hatfield’s was livid. Apparently, I was not the first victim of this scam, and BLD had “stolen” customers from Hatfield’s before. It was then that I learned that BLD does not even take reservations.

Hatfield’s was one of my favorite meals last year. I would definitely be disappointed if I ended up in the wrong spot! I have a hard time accepting that B.L.D. would willfully deceive customers, but it does seem that both the Finicky Lawyer and the folks at B.L.D. share some responsibility here.

Has anyone else heard of this happening?

By Jonah (see more of his posts). Jonah is the founder of la.foodblogging and also created Digesty, a food blog aggregator and Cheww.com, a spam free foodblog search engine.