After a long, hard day on Thursday, I wrapped up work and decided to treat myself to an early dinner at a favorite restaurant: The Ace. It’s is a place I’ve been to many times since it opened a couple of years ago and I recommend it to a lot of people. So basically, I’m a regular and I like the place enough to spend $12 on a cocktail. I walk in to a half-full Ace. So I ask to sit down at a booth-