I recently got back from a two week business trip... my first being all
alone! I was nervous about eating out alone, particularly as a woman in
a strange city, but it was fine!

Take a book or a magazine. Ask to be seated in a booth if you want to
be alone, or at at the bar if you feel like chatting with other diners.
At all of the restaurants i ate at, i was treated as if dining alone
was the most normal thing ever. No one so much as raised an eyebrow. I
really got to enjoy it after a few days even.

Best advice: Go wherever you want! When you're eating alone you don't
need to worry about what the other people feel like having for dinner,
so induldge yourself a little.

Goomba38 wrote:
> Going to be in New Orleans, on my own, next week. Suggestions on how to
> be most comfortable eating out on my own there would be appreciated. I
> know I can pick up a muffaletta at Central Grocery, and do the Cafe du
> Monde thing...but how about something nicer? Open to all suggestions,
> bring 'em on!
> Goomba