Grateful Palate Catering & Events

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I used to love the Grateful Palate until today, dec 29/06.I brought a friend of mine to Grateful Palate around 2:30pm for lunch. The owner of the restaurant was having lunch with a couple, entertaining them, and going back and forth from the kitchen's grill where he was preparing a meal. He was sitting beside the main counter top between the kitchen and the customers area, between the countertop and the deli area.I was midway my meal when he lit up a cigarette and started smoking. Few times he put down the cigarette to go behind the deli and kitchen area to reach for food and such and I guess continue preparing meals.I finished eating and went up to the owner and told him that even if it's his own restaurant he shouldn't be smoking while there are still customer eating, to which he replied that American laws don't apply at the grateful palate since it's not an American restaurant but indeed is an Australian Embassy and therefore Australian laws apply instead. After saying so h