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Have you ever felt the business you brought to a restaurant didn't matter — was less valuable or less important
— in comparison to that of couples or groups surrounding you?
Ever felt uncomfortable or apologetic about taking up a table — real estate that would seat two?
Or have you had a great idea you believed would work to the benefit of "both" restaurants and solo
diners and felt as exasperated as Chris Schmidt (see below)?
Subj: communal tables in the USA
Date: 12/13/07 3:10:17 11:13:03 EST
To: editor@solodining.com
We need more information on communal tables...I live on Long Island, NY and am trying to convince many of our chefs/
owners to make a communal table available for solo diners....it would benefit them tremendously with increased
business and would especially help them on "slow nights" Mon, Tues Wed nights, lunches and brunch time
when we singles are always eating out and would like to sit with other solo diners rather than at a bar in front
of the football on TV!!!!!!!
Thanks
Chris Schmidt
Times, as we well know, have changed. However, we, as solo diners, continue to need restaurants for many reasons,
including to feed us, to provide a home away from home when we're on the road and, as Gregory Rodriquez of the
Los Angeles Times remarked on 12/1/08 — in reference to Ray Oldenburg's "The Great Good Place"
— ". . . 'a third place' — neither work nor home — that help us get through life."
That "third place" — restaurants — wants your business, your presence, your interest and "it"
truly wants to hear from YOU!
Los Angeles Times restaurant critic S. Irene Virbila put it well on 11/19/08:
". . . if we don't support our restaurants now, they may not still be serving when things turn around
and we really have something to celebrate."
Responding to the money pinch felt across the country, Virbila noted that " . . . restaurateurs share your
pain and have added some less-pricey items, or modestly priced prix-fixe meals." She adds — and
it's almost as if she's specifically addressing you and me! — "It's better to come in more often for a
bite at the bar than once in a blue moon for a big blowout dinner."
The Solo Diners' Mantra: SPEAK UP! & SUPPORT!
Sooner or later, EVERYONE — business and pleasure travelers, singles, those divorced
or widowed, very-marrieds whose spouses are on the road, harried moms and dads, etc. — faces the challenge of eating
out alone!
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