Do you like to go out to eat?

[debm55]

I am still a little leery of going out to eat. I still get take out or make it myself.

[Meadowoak]

1. I still haven't been out to eat, only take out and home cooked meals.

[debm55]

2. Me also.

[Diamond_Dog]

17. Me three!

[Irish_Dem]

3. I've started to go out to eat, but only at times when the restaurant is mostly empty.

[blueinredohio]

4. Me too!

I don't care for crowds anyway so we try to go between lunch and dinner time.

[debm55]

5. The thing is, that is when they have the senior specials, so it is still crowded.

[blueinredohio]

7. Its not very crowded in my little area

and there's always senior citizen discounts all day every day.

[Irish_Dem]

10. I am willing to forgo the discounts to get an empty restaurant.

I find I get quite anxious now in a crowded place due to covid.

[blueinredohio]

15. I get anxious too.

I am usually the only person wearing a mask anywhere I go. But I still wear it.

[Irish_Dem]

16. I stopped wearing my mask last month and was really anxious about it.

But I have calmed down a bit.

I only go out when the stores and restaurants are mostly empty.

[Irish_Dem]

9. Right go for a very early lunch or dinner.

[beaglelover]

6. Yes, we go out for lunch 3 to 4 times a week and dinner 4 times a week.

Have been since everything reopened fully. So glad things are back to normal!!

[debm55]

8. I still find it difficult to go out and eat. Never was afraid before. covid changed things.

[Irish_Dem]

12. Yes covid created quite a bit of anxiety about being in a crowd.

It is like we all became agoraphobic.

Except it is not neurotic, it is all real.
Being in crowds could have killed us.

[Diamond_Dog]

18. We used to go out to eat on Saturday nights sometimes

Haven’t done that since the pandemic started. Most restaurants around here are crowded at dinner time 7 days a week. We still don’t feel comfortable doing that yet.

[Irish_Dem]

20. Remember when we would go to crowded places and not think any thing of it?

Those days are gone.

[Diamond_Dog]

21. I know!

How different things were just a couple years ago!

[AnnaLee]

11. Maybe three or four times a year.

I occasionally do pickup. In fact, I just went through the drive thru at Burger King and got a triple Whopper. I brought it home and wrapped two of the burgers and put them in the freezer. I cut the remaining sandwich in half. Half for lunch and half for dinner. (But, this is coincidence. I don't do pickup or drive-thru often either.)

[Irish_Dem]

14. I usually order a big lunch or dinner and then eat it for a couple of days.

I cannot eat the same food more than three times in a row, so then I freeze what is left.

[Ocelot II]

19. I've always enjoyed it but only do it occasionally now,

and at places that don't crowd their tables together and during times of day when they aren't very busy. I'm still cautious.

[jimfields33]

22. I definitely go out.

Even went out during Covid. You wore a mask and tables were separated out. It was cleanest ever. I wish they did that all the time.

[ProfessorGAC]

23. We Go Out, Too

Not much during the pre-vax days, but after vaxxes, about like normal.

[jimfields33]

24. Oh I should add that to me too. After vaccines.

Thank you for the reminder.

[ProfessorGAC]

26. Before The Vax,...

...we were as worried about the risks to the staff as to ourselves.
We did some carryout before the vax.

[jimfields33]

28. Same here for sure.

[dembotoz]

25. sticker shock remains a big issue

am i cheap? yes.....

[Floyd R. Turbo]

27. Costco hotdogs!😋🌭🥤

[RobinA]

29. I Go Out

to eat at about pre-COVID levels. My problem is that the quality almost everywhere since COVID has dropped considerably. Then there's the ordering from your phone when you are in the restaurant phenomenon, which is a nonstarter for me. No, I don't want your app, I want a piece of paper with a list of food on it. I will go elsewhere.

[nuxvomica]

30. Every Sunday I take my brother to lunch

We choose between two or three restaurants each week and are usually the only people wearing masks, except for a few on the staff. One of my neighbors just got over COVID a few weeks ago. He had gone out to dinner with a retired couple in the neighborhood and all three got it so I don't feel funny wearing a mask.

[Upthevibe]

31. debm55..............

I go out to eat as often as I did pre-Covid. I'm up-to-date on my Vaccines and had Covid in 2021. Obviously, I realize one can get it more than once so I'm careful. We are often able to get outdoor/patio seating.