I’d like to commend the Mountain Brauhaus restaurant for their effort to phase out the use of plastic drinking straws. I dined there with friends recently; It was my first visit to the Brauhaus, and in addition to the delicious food and the great service, our group was pleasantly surprised to find a note attached to the menu stating their decision to offer plastic straws only upon request. Plastic straws may seem like a minor thing to worry about, and given the magnitude of o