Still going to restaurants?

[HeatherC]

With all the cases counts rising so fast, are you still going out to restaurants? We have been kinda just hunkering down at home. One reason is to just save some money and the other is also because the cases are so high here right now. What’s everyone else doing? Business as usual or have you curtailed things a bit lately?

 

[JimMIA]

Yes, but not very often and usually for outdoor dining.

 

[HeatherC]

Yes, but not very often and usually for outdoor dining.

Unfortunately, here in New England outdoor dining isn’t really an option right now. I am, however, looking forward to it when we go to Florida for a few weeks next month.

 

[HopperFan]

With all the cases counts rising so fast, are you still going out to restaurants? We have been kinda just hunkering down at home. One reason is to just save some money and the other is also because the cases are so high here right now. What’s everyone else doing? Business as usual or have you curtailed things a bit lately?

We had started going to restaurants, though minimally, last summer .... but now we've basically stopped - especially when we are at our Florida home. When we've gone we try non-peak hours and locally owned. Last week in FL we ordered to go food twice (both seafood), ate outside with one, took the other home.

What was interesting during the "shutdown" was we were trying new recipes and really doing legit cooking more than we had in years. Added a few appliances (crepe maker, fondue, panini maker). We had a veggie/fruit delivery service and we tried to do fast shops at Aldi instead of big grocers. Tried lots of new recipes, ate much healthier and were able to avoid any weight gains. We have tried to continue that and move away from dining out. The savings are a real plus.

 

[dez1978]

We never really stopped other than the 2-3 weeks things were really shut down here.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

Yep, restaurants, flying, cruising, WDW, all of the above. Anything that's open, I'll do. I follow all of the rules for masking or whatever a specific venue requires, but other than that I'm going about things as normally as a place allows.

My girls (7 and 4) mask well because they're used to it at school, but their brother (not quite 2) has never had to wear one. I'll probably stop traveling for awhile once he hits his second birthday because I don't think I'll be able to keep him masked reliably in places that require it.

 

[Dan Murphy]

No. Pickups or drive-through only. Picked up breakfast today, after going through the IDPH PCR test line. No outdoor here, below zero has arrived. I can't imagine going indoors in either Texas or Florida.

 

[dclpluto]

There’s only two reasons I will stop going out to eat in a restaurant. One it’s not allowed. Two I don’t have the money.

 

[anniemae]

We were dining in restaurants in the summer during that sweet spot after the original variant dropped off, but before Delta geared up. Now with Omicron we are doing take out about once a week, sometimes less.

 

[Kitty 34]

Haven't been to a restaurant sine we went to Denny's for breakfast mid October.

 

[kanerf]

Since I pretty much travel every day (I work out of state) I do eat out a lot. I am at a Crowne Plaza this weekend and will be heading down to the restaurant shortly. Most restaurants are not that crowded and the staff is fully masked and probably vaccinated as well.

 

[DisneyJamieCA]

We did it once over the winter break, but we’re going back to take out/outdoor dining until this surge has passed.

ETA: we had done a handful times in the lull between Delta & Omicron. I was only talking about since Omicron starting spiking.

 

[Dan Murphy]

Haven't been to a restaurant sine we went to Denny's for breakfast mid October.

We did a few indoor meals also during the weeks between Delta downturn and Omicron skyrocket.

 

[mickyzzzzz05]

We have continued eating out. We go at off times and don’t go to a place that is packed though.

 

[antmaril]

Yes. I have not stopped dining at restaurants.

 

[OKW8297]

Well we have been. We are all boosted. However, all he** seems to be breaking loose here so we may stop for a bit.

 

[Tinks]

We are still eating out. Maybe twice a month or up to once a week. We are vaccinated and I don't feel that Omicron is a big threat to us.

 

[fab1976]

Everything is closed for indoor dining here again in the province of Ontario. We have gone out just a handful of times in the last couple of years. We do take out or drive thru for sure, but not dining in.

There are some places with outdoor dining, it isn’t impossible in the cold. Restaurants have heat lamps on their patios, and patios can be covered so it’s contained more than an open patio. That doesn’t really interest us though!

 

[Meriweather]

Have only dined in Disney restaurants.....nothing locally.
We usually have delivery or pick up

 

[Forevermarypoppins]

It took a long time to get the courage ( last January) and now I don't think twice about going out to eat.