Sheldon Martin wrote:
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> On Tue, 18 Aug 2020 06:50:15 -0400, Gary > wrote:
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> " wrote:
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> >> On Monday, August 17, 2020 at 12:38:21 PM UTC-5, Sheldon wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Before I'd eat alone in a restaurant I'd do take out.
> >> >
> >> <eye roll>
> >
> >Why the eye roll? Why does that bother you?
>
> Joanne probably rarely eats out.
>
> I find it uncomfortable eating alone in a decent restaurant because
> then they seat you at a tiny out of the way table, usually in a corner
> next to the rest rooms, they make you feel like it's the dunce seat...
> very few decent eaterys cater to singles... if I'm alone I'd go to a
> tavern and eat at the bar. A lot of people eat at a restaurant's bar,
> very common at beachfront areas. NYC is essentially all beachfront,
> with many seafood eateries, probably more than anywhere else on the
> planet. People on their own aren't the least bit put off sitting on a
> barstool, ordering a drink and the seafood special of the day. I'd
> very often go to a tavern on Fire Island, sit at the bar, order a
> drink and a dozen cherrystones. I never felt out of place on my own
> slurping clams on the half shell in that venue.

I agree with you. Sitting at a counter on a bar stool is fine.
That's why they offer that...for singles. I'd still order and
eat outside in my van but a lunch counter is acceptable.

The tables are for 2 or more people and singles shouldn't sit
there if possible.

Sadly those lunch counters are pretty much a thing of the
past and a memory now. Last time I ate at one was many
years ago and it was old school. I ordered a burger and
fries and a coke.

For the drink, he took an official Coke glass, pumped some
syrup into it then added carbonated water. Then it was
stirred together with a long handled spoon. Interesting.

I do miss some of the "good ol days"