Lotsa cities are closing bars and restaurants.....FOR HOW LONG???

[a kennedy]

Seriously??? For how long??? Damn, we eat out at least twice a week.......husband did all our cooking, now after 40 years he’s sick of cooking and I don’t do cooking, so how long are these closings going to be for??

[Lochloosa]

1. Better get a basic cook book.

[superpatriotman]

8. +1

[zackymilly]

10. If it gets real bad, you can use the cook book pages for toilet paper. n/t

[bullwinkle428]

17. Or just go to YouTube, and search for dishes you enjoy eating.

I'm absolutely serious - it's a fantastic resource for recipes/how-to guides.

[Lochloosa]

23. Someone posted The Italian Grandma on here the other day.

This is the first dish I'm going to make.

[BumRushDaShow]

43. I had found this one last year

because I kept hearing mention of braciole (haven't made it yet though ) -

[Lochloosa]

46. Everything I've watched looks so damn good.

[BumRushDaShow]

42. ...

That's what I uttered before I saw your post!

I live on youtube to get videos of recipes...

[htuttle]

2. Nobody knows, want a guess?

Local authorities everywhere are going to be reviewing the decision regularly, so there will be a number of 3-4 week closings, one after another, until at least September.

[Skittles]

3. they need the curve to flatten

my guess: after Memorial Day

[MustLoveBeagles]

4. In Illinois it's from Monday evening to the 31st

At least so far. I wouldn't be surprised if they extended it.

[spanone]

5. Nashville TN is because the bars were packed downtown last night.

They should be passing out Darwin Awards on Broadway.

[misanthrope]

33. Same in New Orleans and Mobile

People are defiant against the calls for social distancing and quarantine. Not surprisingly, there are a lot of conservatives in their numbers, with libertarians being the most vehement.

[spanone]

34. well, when a 'president' of the usa calls it a hoax......

[Generic Brad]

54. It's going to be so bad in TN

I saw that too. Then I also saw the Christian schools on the news that played baseball yesterday. They had fans in the stands and the players were high fiving each other. One of the coaches told the reporter he thought the virus was no worse than a mild flu and the panic was overblown. But the safety of the kids was the most important thing to him.

My wife and I went for a drive last night and were stunned to see all the cars at the big chain restaurants.

I'm afraid I won't be able to have actual public contact with anyone until autumn.

[USALiberal]

6. Well, you will have to deal with it! nt

[lapfog_1]

7. for the duration.

peak transmission may be late May, early June according to math models I trust.

Actually we HOPE this is the case... if the exponential rate of infection continues another week or so... we will no longer have hospital bed, workers, ventilators, etc to help many of the ill... thus a much higher death rate (like 10%)... sort of like Italy right now.

[Freedomofspeech]

9. I'm more concerned about the state stores closing here in PA.

[Freddie]

48. My husband is very concerned

They’ll close the beer distributors. Told him he might consider stocking up. Or maybe he’ll finally use the “make your own beer” set I got him for Christmas 3 years ago.

[Freedomofspeech]

64. The gift that keeps on giving...

[Initech]

11. I won't be able to get food if this happens here.

I'm living in a hotel and can't go home. If they close bars and restaurants, I am fucked.

[uppityperson]

13. Some are staying open with pick up service or delivery

[teenagebambam]

14. Most of the closing orders I've seen

still allow the restaurants to do pick up and delivery, just no seating or bar service.

[Initech]

16. Ugh, this just gets worse and worse.

[MLAA]

36. Do you have a fridge in hotel room?

If not, call them and ask for one. They have to keep some I think for those who require it for insulin etc. my guess is hotel isn’t very full, no?

[Initech]

39. Yeah most hotels have refriderators and microwaves.

I am hoping I get to go home by Wednesday. This is just a fucking nightmare. Actually, no. A nightmare you can wake up from. This is more like hell.

[MLAA]

40. Cool, I will stop worrying you can fast till Wednesday if need be😬

[MLAA]

38. I am Officially worried for you. 🙂

Is there a store to pick up canned goods? And or stuff either you can use their microwave, or buy a cheap microwave. If you can’t get home, please come up with a back up plan beyond restaurants.

[Initech]

41. I am hoping I will get to go home by Wednesday.

I am literally freaking out right now and nobody I know is taking my situation seriously. I'm starting to lose my mind. I at least will get to change hotels and move to a much nicer place tomorrow.

[cwydro]

53. Plenty of ready to eat food to buy.

I wouldn’t want to eat it, but it’s out there.

[Initech]

57. I hope I'm home before I have to resort to that!

[uppityperson]

12. Long enough to hopefully flatten the curve and save thousands of lives.

[BigmanPigman]

15. Indefinitely...until the virus has stopped spreading.

Get used to it! Bite the bullet now or it will continues for a much longer length of time.

[Journeyman]

18. How long? Probably quite a bit longer than the quarantine restrictions last . . .

Many of the these places will not survive the imposed shutdowns. They survive on a low margin as it is. Without any money coming in, yet with so many of their creditors still making their demands, I can't imagine how many of the smaller places will make it.

[octoberlib]

19. You can still get it delivered or carry out.

[Spider Jerusalem]

20. Investigate your delivery options then (n/t)

[SlogginThroughIt]

21. You gonna get hungry. Learn to cook.

Thats tour take away? I don’t cook?

[Kaleva]

22. Plan on not eating at least twice a week.

[AlexSFCA]

24. get take outs! support your restaurants

many are converting into takeouts

[Freddie]

29. And TIP when you get takeout!

[SiliconValley_Dem]

25. Drink at home

Stir fry veggies or cook TV dinner or Uber eats. Many options

[Botany]

26. 3 months at the shortest

n/t

[Freddie]

27. My way they're all offering takeout or curbside

[madville]

45. That's great until they all run out of takeout containers in a few days

with no way to get resupplied because of the demand.

[Freddie]

47. Maybe they'll do "bring your own container"

Like coffee places encourage you to bring your own mug.

[madville]

49. Coffee places have banned people bringing their own mugs in

so the workers don't touch the mugs people are bringing in from home with their germs on them.

[LisaL]

50. Are coffee places going to be closed too?

[madville]

52. Drive-thru only in the places that have put dine-in bans in place

That's the way I understand it

[stillcool]

28. In our state you can get take-out from..

restaurants, but you have to stay 6ft away from other humanoids.

[blueinredohio]

30. In Ohio you can still use the drive thrus and delivery.

[Turin_C3PO]

31. Ultimately,

I’m guessing they will be closed for around two months. If it the virus hasn’t been significantly reduced by then, the economic damage will be horrible.

[apcalc]

32. I'd say minimum 8 weeks... that is what the CDC recommends now.

[uponit7771]

37. +1, saw this regarding schools

[MLAA]

35. I saw Taco Bell might go to drive thru only

So there is that. This is way beyond being inconvenienced, it’s a global pandemic 😷

[CottonBear]

44. Beans & rice are a complete protein. Add canned veggies & seasoning.

Tuna salad, grilled cheese sandwiches, boiled eggs and steamed veggies will be easy to prepare.

[a kennedy]

55. Ha ha, I can turn on the microwave, and that's it........

Ok, ok, so I’ll buy frozen dinners.......

[CottonBear]

60. There are lots of good frozen foods!

Be safe and take care.

CB

[a kennedy]

61. Thank you

[SidDithers]

51. For as long as it takes...nt

Sid

[Flaleftist]

56. So what happens to these restaurants that won't be able to pay their mortgage/rent with no business?

I would imagine there are a lot of them that would be in serious trouble with no customers for a month.

[greenjar_01]

58. Chicago St. Paddy's Day last night was a particular fucking disgrace

Wrigleyville bars were the worst of the worst, as usual.

[a kennedy]

59. What?? What do you mean??

Tell us......

[SMC22307]

62. As long as it takes.

Are restaurants in your area shutting dine-in but planning on delivery?

[a kennedy]

63. Not yet.....I'm just getting so discouraged

[SMC22307]

66. Last night when I saw those pics at O'Hare is the first time I felt...

a whiff of panic. I love to eat but am not a fan of cooking so I dine out and do A LOT of takeout. I forced myself today to go grocery shopping and stocked up on non-perishables... Progresso soups, here I come! I want to support local restaurants and delivery but even that makes me a wee bit nervous. We'll see. I have zero faith in the Trump admininistration and am feeling an unease I've never felt before in my life, so I hear ya.

[sarcasmo]

65. Any dish you think you can't make, search Youtube.