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Default "The kitchen closes at 9:30"

Polly Esther wrote:
> I have been younger. I have been lots younger but I can't imagine
> making a reservation for dinner at 9 pm at a restaurant that clearly
> closes the kitchen at 9:30. Why would anybody do that? Back in our
> Mardi Gras days we might go out for dinner at midnight but certainly
> wouldn't consider a place that was going to close in thirty minutes. What
> was that guy thinking? Never mind. He couldn't have been
> thinking. Polly


We have done that a lot but we always order something that would either be
quick to fix or is already made up. And we know that the full menu is
likely not available at that hour. These days the only 24 hour restaurant
left in this area is Denny's. But there is a Mexican place that is open
late.