2 - because one page is too lonely to eat alone



/homo

[Edited on May 20, 2008 at 11:31 AM. Reason : asdf]

5/20/2008 11:30:54 AM

I don't mind it if I have something to read, or occasionally if something interesting is on the TV at the bar. If I don't have anything other than the food to take up my attention, I end up getting fidgety and eat way too fast.

Seems it'd be weird to eat alone at a nice/fancy place though.

5/20/2008 9:04:41 PM

i like food and i like myself. so i don't really have a problem with it.

5/20/2008 9:05:21 PM

In two words: Crossword Puzzle ... People think you're smart ....

5/20/2008 10:18:44 PM

At lunch I do it at restaurants pretty often (I prefer to sit at a bar area if possible).

If i'm out of town on business/or in route to somewhere for pleasure then I will do it for lunch or dinner (again I prefer to sit at a bar area). In these circumstances I tend to seek out places that I know will clearly have a bar area.

I have sat at a table alone a couple of times at very nice places (75+) while I am out of town. However, it has been times that I have been well dressed and its clear you're there on business.

5/20/2008 10:22:07 PM

restuarants i will eat at by myself:

hardees
cicis
amores
subway
ruckus

5/20/2008 10:23:31 PM

Quote :

"We've got a loner!"

/lines from trailers that were cut from the movie

5/20/2008 10:24:25 PM

I went to eat at Charley's subs today by myself before class... and then I saw this smokin hot blonde walk in, I was waiting for somebody else to walk in with her... and nobody came! And if that weren't enough 5 mins later some other hot chick came in and ate by herself.

I have no shame in eating by myself now... even though it was only us three and some old guy there.

5/20/2008 10:32:01 PM

Haven't read anything but the initial post...so here are my thoughts.

Its okay to eat by yourself at a table:

Fast food restaurants for any meal
Restaurants other than really expensive/fancy ones for lunch


Its okay to eat by yourself at a nice/expensive/fancy restaurant for dinner if you eat at the bar.

Those are clear, bright-line rules.

[Edited on May 20, 2008 at 10:56 PM. Reason : .]

5/20/2008 10:56:21 PM

why? who the fuck cares if you eat dinner at a place by yourself. not me. and i wouldn't care if someone else was doing it either. i don't get the "rules"

5/20/2008 10:57:40 PM

Well if you don't care about what other people think, then the rules don't apply. But if you do...those are the rules.

Personally...I don't want to take up a two-seater table at a nice restaurant when a couple could be sitting there. I'm very "restaurant-conscious" and want servers to get as much as possible. Even though I tip well and drink a decent amount, they're still going to get more money from a two-top rather than just me sitting there and getting dinner. That's why I say go sit at the bar if you're at a decent/nice place.

For lunch it doesn't matter. Most places don't usually kill it for lunch...and those that do are use to having "singles" anyway.

5/20/2008 11:04:55 PM

thats true. but a table is a table and maybe people don't wanna sit in a bar??? i just don't see my dad out of town on business trips sitting in bar areas alone...that is more what i was thinking. he'd probably just sit in the normal restaurant part.

5/20/2008 11:08:34 PM