We’ve hit that spookiest of seasons, Halloween, when people look for — even pay for — situations designed to scare their pants off. When you’re a restaurant critic, however, the chills come all year long, and every dinner has the potential to morph into fright night. Steel yourself for some bone-chilling tales of hospitality gone bad.

 
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