Although I sometimes go to restaurants by myself, my preference is to blend in by sitting at a common table or at the bar/counter, rather than take up a table o

Although I sometimes go to restaurants by myself, my preference is to blend in by sitting at a common table or at the bar/counter, rather than take up a table on my own. It's nice being within earshot of all of the background noise. I think a restaurant of one-person tables would be a bit of a downer.