Polaroid, I decided to play it cool and act like I didn't even know him until after dinner when he was waiting for his companions near the bathroom. Then I told him I was a fan, shook his hand and told him good luck next year. He's a local boy and he's been into my restaurant before. This was the first time I'd seen him though. He dates a local bartender (or she used to be) from around the way. She's gorgeous too... I know, shocker. I thought about telling him how he really kind of hampered my fantasy team this year, and how I was tempted to trade him several times but will keep him one more season...after which his salary in my keeper league simply won't justify his increasingly pedestrian numbers.
As for the meal, he chose a menu addition that evening - pan seared rockfish over mashed potatoes, sauteed squash and asparagus, and finished off with a delicious crab Newburg (lump crab meat, fish sauce, sherry, some parmesan). He and his date chose to substitute mashed sweet potatoes for the regular mashed potatoes - an interesting if not unappetizing decision in my opinion.