I suffered a severe KFC relapse.
Same here. We do occasionally enjoy take out foods but for the most part prefer eating at home, pandemic or not. Just our personal preference.We rarely eat out anyway but I wouldn't step foot inside a restaurant now. We are doing fine cooking our own food.
I'm with SeaBreeze on this.I'm with Marge. But if I had the 'need' to go to a restaurant during a pandemic, it would be one with restrictions, mandatory masks and social distancing. I've been ordering a lot of deliveries from local restaurants, and that works just fine for me, more enjoyable to eat my food at home.
They do this at the College where my daughter took her Cordon Bleu Chef's course. We were never successful at getting a reservation, as it was so popular.We eat out regularly but not at all since the pandemic started and not in the foreseeable future. At our local high school they have a domestic science section where students who want to pursue a career in the restaurant industry study. They run a restaurant open to the public and we eat there regularly in non pandemic times especially when they organise special menus and gourmet evenings. We've never been disappointed and always amazed at the beautiful meals these students produce. They're not allowed to make a profit so all the meals are at cost price.
Same here. DH & I, our kids, and our grands used to gather at local breweries a couple times a year. Our favorites have large outdoor patios, are very dog and kid friendly, have games like cornhole, offer great vegan and non-vegan foods, aren't pushing you out the door when your food is done, and of course, they serve great beer.I miss all my favorite haunts.
I've come to the conclusion that the reason bars and restaurants have loud music and a lot of noise is to make you shout so you get a dry throat and have to order more drinks.A lot of the restaurants around Denver are trendy and noisy–so noisy that you have to shout to have a conversation. As an introvert, that's not my idea of fun. There is a bit of appeal to get out and do some people watching, but all in all, I'd rather eat at home.
I read somewhere that they intentionally make restaurants uncomfortable so people don't linger at their tables after they're done eating. Restaurants need people to get in and out quickly and get other people seated and eating so they can turn a profit, and they don't get that with people just hanging around drinking coffee or whatever.I've come to the conclusion that the reason bars and restaurants have loud music and a lot of noise is to make you shout so you get a dry throat and have to order more drinks.
What was that? I'm sorry I can't hear over the loud music. Did you say something about more drinks???I've come to the conclusion that the reason bars and restaurants have loud music and a lot of noise is to make you shout so you get a dry throat and have to order more drinks.
It annoys me when employees swoop in to gather plates as soon as one member of the party puts a fork down. It feels like the underlying message is, "Other people at your table are finished with their meal - get busy so you can catch up with them."I read somewhere that they intentionally make restaurants uncomfortable so people don't linger at their tables after they're done eating. Restaurants need people to get in and out quickly and get other people seated and eating so they can turn a profit, and they don't get that with people just hanging around drinking coffee or whatever.
Ditto. We weren’t very social to begin with. Now we are even less so if that’s possible with zero interest in eating at restaurants.No restaurants for us.
I know everything I need to know about Covid-19 that I need and care to know, and it's supercharged my desire to be around people even less now than prior to the pandemic striking.