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Would you Dine out or Drink at a local Bar/Grille? (1 Viewer)

I have been ordering take out regularly now or I have it delivered Door Dash by a driver named Dan D

  • Yes!

    Votes: 157 62.5%
  • No I prefer to cook at home

    Votes: 94 37.5%

  • Total voters
    251
Just a reminder to me that this county by county junk is silly and evidently 0 places are taking the COVID stuff as seriously as our restaurant.   We are still full masks, disinfecting high touch areas every hour, nobody inside that's not an employee, and we started taking temps at the start of last week.  

We decided to try some take out from a pizza joint in town tonight (different county too).  I go in, I am the only person with a mask, and the only sign that COVID exists is a handmade sign on the soda machine that said you can't serve yourself.  Otherwise pretty full, bar area full, no employees in masks.   F that.  I think I would have walked out without paying if my wife didn't do so when ordering.  

 
No. (Kansas City area)

JPMorgan on Thursday: “Looking across categories of card spending, we find that the level of spending in restaurants three weeks ago was the strongest predictor of the rise in new virus cases over the subsequent three weeks.”
Inside dining appears to be dangerous, regardless of state. Not sure how restaurants can improve this without having rapid testing before admission.

 
I would not eat or drink inside a restaurant.

I've gone inside to pick up orders, though.

My local Chinese restaurant has the following sign posted on the door:

"NOTICE! WE NOT REQUIRE MASK FOR ARE CUSTOMER! ORDER OF STATE!"

Underneath the message, there was a drawing of a Chinese mask (like this). I was...confused.

 
No. (Kansas City area)

JPMorgan on Thursday: “Looking across categories of card spending, we find that the level of spending in restaurants three weeks ago was the strongest predictor of the rise in new virus cases over the subsequent three weeks.”
Inside dining appears to be dangerous, regardless of state. Not sure how restaurants can improve this without having rapid testing before admission.

 
DallasDMac said:
Why? Do you and your family just enjoy eating out or what? Just interested in what would drive something like this in today's environment. I have a BIL that is likely doing this is SA, and I base that on the fact that his lazy wife hates to cook and it was quite common for he and his family to eat out several ties a week before this all hit. That, coupled with the fact they went to Disney on a vacation that ended exactly one day before Disney shut down tells me they are some of those that don't take it to seriously. But I know you aren't (weren't) in that boat. So just wondering why you take the risk, even if you feel the risk is pretty minimal?
I do all the cooking and don't mind doing it. For me it's sometimes about the food (missed my favorite mom & pop shop's Pho badly), and sometimes about the social aspect (BWW on Friday w a few buddies). 

In every case the places are taking good precautions and I feel good enough about the seating  (outside, high ceilings, good airflow, good spacing, good santization, etc) that the risk would seem to be minimal based on everything I've read. 
 

 
Inside dining appears to be dangerous, regardless of state. Not sure how restaurants can improve this without having rapid testing before admission.
I don't know if we could conclude that restaurants are inherently that dangerous. I think it is more a surrogate of both people and local governments not taking proper precautions. The type of person that goes to a restaurant in a pandemic is probably also taking part in other discouraged activities like going to parties and doing things with groups, and the local government that allows in restaurant dining is probably also opening up prematurely and not requiring masks and other safety measures. Looking at the states that are blowing up, a significant amount of the hot spots seem to be in areas where safety precautions were not properly implemented.

 
Just a reminder to me that this county by county junk is silly and evidently 0 places are taking the COVID stuff as seriously as our restaurant.   We are still full masks, disinfecting high touch areas every hour, nobody inside that's not an employee, and we started taking temps at the start of last week.  

We decided to try some take out from a pizza joint in town tonight (different county too).  I go in, I am the only person with a mask, and the only sign that COVID exists is a handmade sign on the soda machine that said you can't serve yourself.  Otherwise pretty full, bar area full, no employees in masks.   F that.  I think I would have walked out without paying if my wife didn't do so when ordering.  
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This is one of the main reasons I wanted a food/restaurant specific thread during the CV-19 and I was no naive to think this might die a quick death but it looks like things are going to stay with us for a while, I've written off making any real plans in 2020. 

I stopped eating as far as "sitting down" INSIDE anywhere...it was hard to not celebrate BDays, anniversaries, holidays, etc...but yesterday  would only have a drink if there was outside seating and these were places that sit along the Inter Coastal, you couldn't pay me to sit outside at say the mall where it's stifling hot and no breezes like along the water...so I'll meet folks for a drink but we have to be somewhere we can spread out and get some space. 

-At some point I wish Florida would just go herd immunity...they are testing at like a 1:4 rate in Miami, everyone will have gotten it in the next few weeks...and I agree with you that you walk in for takeout or pick up and nobody is abiding by the rules, that's frustrating. I have asked people out of respect for the owners of the business that they obviously enjoy being a patron, wear the mask so they don't get fined, it's not fair to the owners. 

-Palm Beach has County issued signs on just about every restaurant and business open for food, they all read the same, very universal and people still don't follow. 

Good luck

 
No. (Kansas City area)

JPMorgan on Thursday: “Looking across categories of card spending, we find that the level of spending in restaurants three weeks ago was the strongest predictor of the rise in new virus cases over the subsequent three weeks.”
How do they know if you didn't get takeout?

 
I do all the cooking and don't mind doing it. For me it's sometimes about the food (missed my favorite mom & pop shop's Pho badly), and sometimes about the social aspect (BWW on Friday w a few buddies). 

In every case the places are taking good precautions and I feel good enough about the seating  (outside, high ceilings, good airflow, good spacing, good santization, etc) that the risk would seem to be minimal based on everything I've read. 
 
I tend to agree but I think being inside with lower ceilings is suicide right now. I have walked out of several places, had a few waitresses chase me to the car and invite me back in but I just keep trucking. 

It's hot as blazes down here in South Florida so eating outside is not a treat, prefer a Tiki type cover with high ceiling and mostly outside air with lots of fans blowing. But even then it's mostly for drinks and maybe a fresh catch of the day, then split. Try to go with only wife or 2-4 other people but spread out in a corner. 

In the end I usually just wish I had stayed home of late. 

 
I just cant get over the fact that you've got wait staff spending hours around a large turnover of several unmasked diners. That's not anyone I want to be around.  Back in March/April, nobody would've entertained outdoor dining.  The situation now, is worse, and its obvious that loosening up restrictions was the wrong decision, so how is it ok? 

 

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