Subj : Re: Resend cell service To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Mon Jun 29 2020 00:40:38 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 23-Jun-2020 17:29 <=- BM>> Or not: travelling I sort of like 'local fare' because can't have here BM>> at home. Might have essentially the same menu as the national chains BM>> but they would have their own twist, or at least the place looks BM>> different. NB>> It depends, for us... a dependable chain might appeal on some trips, NB>> checking out local fare might for other trips... And we don't tend NB>> to make stops along the way, only at end points (or mid points)... BM> Yes, sometimes one just has a hankerin' for a specific meal and 'not BM> in the mood' for experimenting with another. Yup. BM>> Pretty much the same here: no dining room meals but could eat outside, BM>> with social distancing. Signage stating curbside, delivery, and the BM>> like had popped up up to remind people of that option; lots did free BM>> delivery as an additional incentive. NB>> As of just over a week ago, restaurants here have been allowed to NB>> have eat-in, with reduced capacity to allow social distancing... BM> Update: Restaurants in Iowa are being allowed 50% capacity for dine-in BM> and starting this Friday Illinois at 25%. I don't think that percentage of capacity has been stated here, just that social distancing has to be maintained between the tables... and I heard that some places were limiting the size of parties to six... NB>> We were all set today to go back to our favorite Korean place, turns NB>> out the newly arriving OPEN signs are only for takeout (online or NB>> mobile orders only), and they weren't at all open when we pulled into NB>> the lot... So we went driving around the area, to check on our other NB>> favorite spots... and mostly found the same thing elsewhere, too... NB>> As it was about noon, it was way too early to go to Taste of Japan NB>> (opening at 3) although they are open for eat-in now... We ended up NB>> at Abyssinia (Ethiopian)... they were courageous enough to be NB>> actually open... ;) BM> I need to know world history better: missed your set-up for a response BM> of "if us Ethiopians made it through we can BM> make it through this!" No joke needed, though... :) We asked how/what they'd done during the shutdown... She said that they'd closed entirely for a couple of months, to protect their extended family from the threat of the virus, but then opened up for takeout about a month before the go-ahead for opening for eat-in was given... We thanked her for being ok with opening for eat-in... :) BM> As for around here, it seems the restaurants have been fairly careful BM> about not putting on their "Open" signage without a largish sign (some BM> are handmade) to state take-out, etc., only. Not trying to say your BM> sites were sloppy, just maybe the local restaurant associates, chamber BM> of commerce, etc., emphasized things a hare differently. During the shutdown, a lot of places initially just closed, but then reopened for curbside and/or takeout when it became obvious it wasn't a short-term thing... Those places (especially chain places) tended to have big signs, to get people's attention and pull them in... The smaller places often only had something on the door or in a window, often from the beginning, stating they were open for takeout only... During the shutdown, a place that had their OPEN lights on, obviously could only be doing takeout... It only became less useful when there finally was again the possibility of being able to eat in... In the case of the Korean place, they'd been totally shut down (OPEN lights not on at all) until the point when eat-in became a possibility... so we had hoped that they'd just been waiting for that rather than do takeout... but we'd guessed wrong... and couldn't read the signs in the window when driving by on the busy street... ;0 We'll just have to wait for them to be ok with opening up, I guess... :) Today we ate in at a Vietnamese place that we'd gone a couple of times for takeout... we figured they'd be a good chance, since when we'd done the takeout they'd let us sit at a table inside while waiting for it to be made... and we guessed right... :) ttyl neb .... Am sure writing used to be larger, and stairs less steep! --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .