The Discount Guest Owns This Restaurant

Summary

After a month of relentless back-to-back deadlines, I decided I’d had enough. I needed a break before the New Year’s rush set in, so I treated myself to a solo lunch at one of my own "Black Pearl" rated flagships.

I was halfway through the new seasonal tasting menu when my best friend, Becca, sent me a link to a post on a local "Industry Secrets" forum.

The headline was dripping with vitriol: [LMAO, Watch Out! Broke Girl Energy trying to play 'Socialite' at Lumina. Someone tell these peasants the camera can't hide a cheap soul.]

I clicked it, a cold knot forming in my stomach.