Indoor Dining Back on the UWS: See What it Looks Like (Hope: apartment, home)
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Indoor dining is back, and while capacity is limited to 25%, restaurant owners on the UWS and throughout NYC are excited to approach normalcy with this step in the right direction.
This only further fuels my aversion to restaurants. No way in hell I would pay "extra". I even have a hard time with tipping (even though I know full well that workers depend on tips, but it is a terrible system). I like much of the Euro system in this where tipping is basically optional (coins, if at all usually).
One thing I definitely like now is the idea of partitions between booths. Hopefully it remains permanent, because then maybe going to restaurants would be more pleasurable. One of the reasons I do not typically like restaurants is due to having people (strangers) eating in close proximity to me, plus overpaying for something I could usually make at home for less than $10. I've seen places in NYC that charge $15.00 for a simple pasta dish with tomato sauce. Really? Yeah, no.
I love how some of you are furious about a restaurant surcharge when literally everything in this town has a surcharge tacked onto it. That sh*th0le roach and rat infested tenement building you live in is actually worth $500/month and has a $1500/month "4th floor walk-up in trendy diverse neighborhood" surcharge. Congrats! You played yourself!
This only further fuels my aversion to restaurants. No way in hell I would pay "extra". I even have a hard time with tipping (even though I know full well that workers depend on tips, but it is a terrible system). I like much of the Euro system in this where tipping is basically optional (coins, if at all usually).
One thing I definitely like now is the idea of partitions between booths. Hopefully it remains permanent, because then maybe going to restaurants would be more pleasurable. One of the reasons I do not typically like restaurants is due to having people (strangers) eating in close proximity to me, plus overpaying for something I could usually make at home for less than $10. I've seen places in NYC that charge $15.00 for a simple pasta dish with tomato sauce. Really? Yeah, no.
No offense, but only dine out in Europe then. We've had a tipping system here forever. You don't like it cool, but it's here and I don't see it going anywhere. Before Covid, I always tipped handsomely going out to dinner anyway. And now, I tip my UberEats drivers handsomely too. It's the price to pay for not standing in a hot kitchen, or washing dishes afterwards. Have some couth.
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No offense, but only dine out in Europe then. We've had a tipping system here forever. You don't like it cool, but it's here and I don't see it going anywhere. Before Covid, I always tipped handsomely going out to dinner anyway. And now, I tip my UberEats drivers handsomely too. It's the price to pay for not standing in a hot kitchen, or washing dishes afterwards. Have some couth.
Oh, if I am ever forced to go out, I do tip (I tip the absolute bare minimum expected to not be told anything).
And yeah, I hate it. Actually, you're right this system has been here quite a while now, but early Americans hated the idea of tipping because they saw it as servile and, ironically, "European". Look up what Mark Twain and others used to say about tipping and how they would never want tipping culture in America.
But, I digress. You know, recently I didn't even know I had a lower than expected "Uber rating" (4.43) and I was really shocked because I am the most quiet and respectful passenger, but then someone asked me if I tip Uber drivers and I said "no". The moment I tried tipping as an experiment, my rating is now up to almost 5 stars.
I like standing in the kitchen and cooking for myself. NYC restaurants are overpriced (because of the rents and the absurd, business killing minimum wage laws) and they really aren't that great anyway in my honest opinion. Doing the dishes is annoying, but I just dump them in really hot/boiling water with detergent and then after a few hours just take them out (no rinsing needed, aka British style).
I love how some of you are furious about a restaurant surcharge when literally everything in this town has a surcharge tacked onto it. That sh*th0le roach and rat infested tenement building you live in is actually worth $500/month and has a $1500/month "4th floor walk-up in trendy diverse neighborhood" surcharge. Congrats! You played yourself!
I haven’t seen a roach or a mouse in my apartment for the three years I’ve been living here. But then again I’m an obsessively clean woman. Anyways, it’s not good business to overcharge customers, period. The 10 bucks extra is a wine i can get elsewhere or tomorrow’s breakfast. A surcharge basically tells the customer to stay home and order in. Friends are welcomed!
Indoor dining is back, and while capacity is limited to 25%, restaurant owners on the UWS and throughout NYC are excited to approach normalcy with this step in the right direction.
I love it! I think it should stay like that. Nothing worse than having people right behind you cough and not cover their mouths. Also, it's nice to have a little privacy. I would think the barrier provides some kind of sound proof.
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