On 4/11/2013 11:03 PM, sf wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:45:36 -0500, George Leppla
> > wrote:
>
>> When I worked in a restaurant, we started serious cleaning at closing
>> time. We did he things that didn't affect late diners first, but when it
>> was time to haul out the vacuum in the dining room, the noise of that
>> usually gave them the hint that it was time to go. That, and we turned
>> up the lights to mid-day bright. Kind of a late-nite dinner mood killer.
>
> Restaurants have two different meaning of "closed": some mean the
> kitchen is closed, but you're still welcome to finish your meal -
> others mean get your sorry ass out of my restaurant pronto.
>

Years ago on a road trip, we pulled off the interstate at 9 PM looking
for a local place to get a late supper. Found a place, walked to the
door but saw that they were cleaning up for the night so we started to
leave. The owner came out and said that although they were closing, if
we ordered soup, salad or sandwiches he would be glad to fix us
something to eat.

The food was good... nothing special.... but the friendliness of the
owner and the two people working there will be long remembered.

George L