Andy Mc Quown wrote:
>
>> in the dining room(s). The patrons made more noise than any
>> announcement. There are very few places where I'd be willing to wait
>> 30+ minutes to be seated.
>
>Jill,
>
>Right! Of course there would be no need to announce into the dining
>room.
>
>The waiting area is virtually non-existent inside or out on the
>sidewalk. Announcements to the outside patrons and to the pedestrians
>walking by doesn't seem very polite.

Any restaurant that announces names on a Public Address System is
garbage... a hot dog cart vender exhibits a higher degree of
discretion. In fact no restaurant needs to know my name. From now on
whenever I make reservations over the phone I'll give my name as Andy
Mc Quown