On 8/21/2020 1:48 PM, Sheldon Martin wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Aug 2020 09:56:12 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> > wrote:
>
>> On Friday, August 21, 2020 at 10:35:20 AM UTC-4, Gary wrote:
>>> Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Friday, August 21, 2020 at 7:23:57 AM UTC-4, Gary wrote:
>>>>> cshenk wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Gary wrote:
>>>>>>> Very true. Just about anything I'd want delivered or just
>>>>>>> drive there for pickup is all within 3 miles here. Most are
>>>>>>> way less than 3 miles.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This is the tourist area...we've got it all.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Grin, walking distance likely for you to many places!
>>>>> Only one within walking distance is "Beach Pub"
>>>>> Very popular locals restaurant with excellent food.
>>>>> It's a medium priced restaurant.
>>>>>
>>>>> Only about 1/4 mile from me. Even for that one, I'll
>>>>> ride my bicycle.
>>>>>
>>>>> As it's very popular and not large, Jill and/or Joan would
>>>>> never get a table for one there during breakfast, lunch,
>>>>> and dinner times.
>>>>
>>>> Really? They would refuse to seat a single diner at a table?
>>>> Their website seemed so friendly and welcoming.
>>>>
>>>> Cindy Hamilton
>>> They do have a small bar off the dining area. During busy times
>>> they might seat you there. Not many drinkers-only there.
>>>
>>> As I said, it's popular but small dining area. During the lunch
>>> and dinner rush times, they wouldn't want a single taking a
>>> table.
>>
>> How do you know that? Have you asked them? Or are you
>> assuming?
>>
>>> I have no idea though, how they handle that. They are
>>> friendly and welcoming.
>>>
>>> Perhaps they would seat a few singles at a larger table.
>>
>> That wouldn't work for me. I won't sit at the bar because the chairs
>> are always uncomfortable and I won't share a table with strangers.
>>
>> Cindy Hamilton
>
> In my experience all things being equal bar seating is much more
> comfortable than chairs at a table... I usually find chair and table
> height are too low and chairs are too close together so as to squeeze
> more people in...

These days with "social distancing" I doubt many restaurants have tables
very close together.

> chair seats are typically unaphulstered and if the
> chair has arms it's like being squeezed in a vice... it's like they
> assume that every patron is the same size. Booths are worse, the
> seats are always too close to the table, like they assume everyone
> weighs 90 pounds or less.

The reason many restaurants have un-upholstered chairs is because of
spillage. It's much easier for the server or the bus-person to wipe
crumbs and other spilled stuff off a wooden seat than it is upholstery.
Upholstered chairs would eventually become a haven for germs. As for a
booth, having worked in restaurants I can tell you the table probably
isn't bolted to the floor. You can move it if your huge gut requires
more room.

> Most restaurant table seating is tantamont
> to tourist class airline seating. Bar seating is always comfortable
(snippage)

Not in my experience. I'm 5'3" and most bar stools are tall. The bar
itself is usually set too high (for me, at least) to eat comfortably
because that's not what the bar is intended for. IME, even bar areas of
restaurants also offer table seating.

Jill