QR code menus headline readers' biggest food and restaurant gripes

Last week, in an edition some are calling "historic," "monumental," and "meh, it was something good to read on the can," I talked about some of my biggest food gripes.Stuff like restaurants that insist on planks of wood being better than good old-fashioned plates (they’re not), foods with outlandish flavors meant to make you go, "Whoa, that’s weird," and how brunch just isn't what it used to be.QR codes in restaurants are here to stay, and that's a shame.(iStock)So, I figured it was time to toss the keys to readers who wrote in with their opinions on some of these topics and more.Let’s start with the ruining of what is a great concept on paper — brunch — with some takes from Brunch-hater Jim:I’m 56.  My dad died 17 years ago.  He hated brunch until the day he died, and he passed it to me.  His feeling was that you couldn’t get a project started in the morning if you had to go to brunch.  And by the time you got home, there wasn’t enough time to get one done (not to mention the issue if you’d had a few cocktails).And you’re right, it’s impossible to get reservations.

I made the mistake of waiting until the Tuesday night before Mother’s Day this year.  Nothing available other than a high-top in the bar section of one place, and that was shot down by the mother in question.Finally found a place with a nice patio, albeit one not known for breakfast food.But their website bragged about Mother’s Day brunch.  So, I made a reservation only to get there and find out that they had two items on the menu.

Steak and eggs or eggs Benedict.  Good thing my wife likes eggs Benedict.Brunch sucks.…I never really thought about brunch as the most inconveniently timed meal there is.It really does take up your morning and a chunk, if not all of your afternoon.It’s a commitment.As Jim mentioned, getting brunch reservations is always a nightmare, but don’t get me started on Mother’s Day brunch.That’s a tradition for my family as well, and it alm...