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Outdoor seating as you described works in certain seasons and in certain locations. Not very practical where it gets below freezing. Little Caesars may be high

Outdoor seating as you described works in certain seasons and in certain locations. Not very practical where it gets below freezing. Little Caesars may be high quality for you. It's poison for me. Doesn't matter how clean it is. Not saying that to disparage the points you made, but eating that food would slowly kill me. Food intolerances, or more likely our awareness of them, seen to be increasing so that is another challenge to accommodate. The restaurant business is a tough one. I'm in a medium sized suburb in a metro area of maybe 3 million people. Partly public transit accessible in normal times. Service is of course curtailed now. There are lots of places to eat walking distance from my home. A good number are closed now. No doubt some won't reopen, unfortunately. Rent where I live has skyrocketed in recent years, we'll see what affect the pandemic has on that. Blowing one's nose in public is gross. I wish I lived in a culture where it was not acceptable.

DoreenMichele 7y ago
Re outdoor seating: I'm only trying to suggest that I was able to find viable answers under very difficult circumstances with significant constraints. I was very poor and very ill at the time. I'm not actually trying to suggest that this is the one and only acceptable gold standard answer, though I do think there is room for using it more often than happens in places I have been. Surely, the world can find answers that work. We just need to make it our business to do that. I also have a lot of dietary restrictions. Again: I'm trying to convey details about the business model, not about the specific food type per se.
- l_davis 7y ago
  Agree about the business model. I don't think all places can meet all requirements, but those who can meet more of them will get more business. Still, from what I know as a consumer about the restaurant business, it's an extremely tough one and only getting tougher. I have sympathy for anyone getting into it and honestly trying to make a go of it. And I did get carryout after our discussion during my socially distanced walk. Enjoyed my food, enjoyed my walk. And the restaurant is supposedly providing some meals to people in need, which is extremely generous of them. I do need to strike a balance with that, though. Most restaurant food has the down side of being too fattening. Something I need to watch.
  - DoreenMichele 7y ago
    "Good, fast, cheap. Pick two." Now add a more stringent hygiene component. Yeah, it's going to be a tough space for the reasonably foreseeable future.

DoreenMichele 7y ago

Re outdoor seating: I'm only trying to suggest that I was able to find viable answers under very difficult circumstances with significant constraints. I was very poor and very ill at the time. I'm not actually trying to suggest that this is the one and only acceptable gold standard answer, though I do think there is room for using it more often than happens in places I have been. Surely, the world can find answers that work. We just need to make it our business to do that. I also have a lot of dietary restrictions. Again: I'm trying to convey details about the business model, not about the specific food type per se.

l_davis 7y ago
Agree about the business model. I don't think all places can meet all requirements, but those who can meet more of them will get more business. Still, from what I know as a consumer about the restaurant business, it's an extremely tough one and only getting tougher. I have sympathy for anyone getting into it and honestly trying to make a go of it. And I did get carryout after our discussion during my socially distanced walk. Enjoyed my food, enjoyed my walk. And the restaurant is supposedly providing some meals to people in need, which is extremely generous of them. I do need to strike a balance with that, though. Most restaurant food has the down side of being too fattening. Something I need to watch.
- DoreenMichele 7y ago
  "Good, fast, cheap. Pick two." Now add a more stringent hygiene component. Yeah, it's going to be a tough space for the reasonably foreseeable future.