On Tuesday, August 18, 2020 at 9:51:05 AM UTC-4, Gary wrote:
> Sheldon Martin wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, 18 Aug 2020 06:50:15 -0400, Gary > wrote:
> >
> > " wrote:
> > >>
> > >> 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...

Sure, 40 years ago. Nowadays they give single diners the same courtesy
that they extend to everybody else.

> > 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.

Oh, please. Who are you to say I shouldn't sit at a table?

My regular lunch spot puts me at a two-top or in the winter if I ask to be
farther from the door they give me a booth that could seat four. They've
got a bar but I've never seen anybody sitting at it.

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Cindy Hamilton