No Restaurant February.

[Jay Walk]

The Million Americans dead by Covid is inaccurate, the CDC clearly states the numbers are death by Covid and Presumed Covid.
Sorry about your mom though.

 

[thorborg]

We've not been to a restaurant in over a decade except for once at a reception when my daughter got married a couple years ago.
That cost enough for a couple of years of dining out! The older we get the more we appreciate quality food which we hadn't been getting for some time dining out.
We do buy home made tamal's once in a while from coolers here and there when we find the good ones, does that count as a restaurant? Even then, it's taken home to eat later with other things we make.
Because of this, I'm likely to dine out, now, as I don't want to be of a stupid trendy cult with other lemmings.

 

[monkeybutler]

The Million Americans dead by Covid is inaccurate, the CDC clearly states the numbers are death by Covid and Presumed Covid.
Sorry about your mom though.

Incorrect. There are 1.2 million deaths, with 87% of those having covid as the underlying cause, with the remaining 13% as covid making a contribution to the deaths, among other factors.

1.2mil x .87 = a bit over a million deaths with covid as the primary cause.

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/index.htm

 

[Jay Walk]

The average person would then know 3-4 people that died from Covid then.
I must by lucky I guess, since I know zero.

 

[monkeybutler]

The average person would then know 3-4 people that died from Covid then.
I must by lucky I guess, since I know zero.

How do you arrive at that number?

 

[MannyGlocks]

I'm not obligated to eat in any restaurant or obligated to subsidize them because they (might) be a small business.

Such businesses I wish well, but obligated to eat in them...ah no...I'm not.

 

[Doc wind]

We use to eat out 2-3 time's a week now maybe twice a month. 25.00 for a glass of wine, 8.00 for a beer and last time 4.75 for a Sprite. 20.00 for a average burger with crappy fries. We're done with the whole idea of supporting the restaurants.

 

[Jay Walk]

We use to eat out 2-3 time's a week now maybe twice a month. 25.00 for a glass of wine, 8.00 for a beer and last time 4.75 for a Sprite. 20.00 for a average burger with crappy fries. We're done with the whole idea of supporting the restaurants.

Pretty much what the wife and I did, I can't stomach the ridiculous prices for what is often marginal food.

 

[30Govt06]

Someone is "watching over her", or she's just one of the luckiest people in the world (along with Gryffindor students).

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If it doesn't kill you, it makes you stronger.

 

[Mark W.]

The wife and I generally eat out or do a takeout from a local eatery about once a week. Most commonly is the family restaurant about 4 blocks from the house that has family dinning a very good pizza side and a quiet upstairs lounge. And our oldest grand daughter works her but off on the pizza.
The place did extremely well during the pandemic as they have a drive up window some nights they had 3 lanes of cars Q'ed up. So prices have stayed reasonable maybe gone up 20% at the most on some things. Food is good never ever in 30 years of eating there gotten sick.
We have 3-4 other places in town we kind of rotate through a Thai, a Real Mexican, and the local pub.

An advantage of living in a small town packed with places to eat and drink competition ends anyone not up to snuff.

 

[64MercurysRule]

"family dinning very good pizza" ....

The Home Place . Know it well . Great pizza .

 

[Aviator]

Our restaurants that we go to are friends and family houses for dinner!

 

[Mono1]

Real Mexican

Curious as to your definition of "Real" Mexican. I love Mexican so just curious.

 

[Knobgoblin]

Curious as to your definition of "Real" Mexican. I love Mexican so just curious.

I've been to the ixtapa location in the Dalles.
It was pretty good.
If there's a molcajete on the menu, I'll usually order it.
They had a nice one. Iirc

 

[TTSX]

I don't go to restaurants because I don't like tipping culture. Feck off, my burger was already $25, I'm not giving you an extra 10 Suzy

 

[Mono1]

I've been to the ixtapa location in the Dalles.
It was pretty good.
If there's a molcajete on the menu, I'll usually order it.
They had a nice one. Iirc

DAM BRO! I was born and raised in Santa Ana, CA and I never even heard of MOL CA HAY TAY. That's Impressive!

 

[MymuttBear]

My wife eats out almost everyday, sometimes twice a day. It's a miracle she doesn't get sick more often.

Sounds like the food poisoning bugs have given up on her.

 

[PhillipeC]

There's no NO RESTAURANT FEBRUARY for me but, going through some of these comments, WHERE THE HECK ARE YALL EATING?!

I won't say the places I go to are cheap but majority of the time I can have wife and toddler + myself eating for $50 including tip…

Not to hijack mr @arakboss thread but also don't feel like creating a new one just for this but for those that want to try something new and also support some local families, I'm by Damascus and can leave here some decent options that won't break the bank.

- Carver Hangar (breakfast/lunch/dinner for a pair price)
- Ant Farm (awesome breakfast burrito!)
- Hitching Post (great pizza!)
- Bent Shovel (Beer garden with pizza on saturdays)
- Taste of Bangkok (Thai)
- Dean's cafe (cash only! Taxes are theft anyways )
- Taqueria Las Palomas (great Mexican!)

 

[MymuttBear]

Commendable! I Give You The Clap.

Man I can't pass this one up!
From the web (and what we called it as teenagers).
"The clap is a nickname for gonorrhea, a sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae. It can affect the genitals, mouth, or rectum".

 

[arakboss]

There's no NO RESTAURANT FEBRUARY for me but, going through some of these comments, WHERE THE HECK ARE YALL EATING?!

I won't say the places I go to are cheap but majority of the time I can have wife and toddler + myself eating for $50 including tip…

Not to hijack mr @arakboss thread but also don't feel like creating a new one just for this but for those that want to try something new and also support some local families, I'm by Damascus and can leave here some decent options that won't break the bank.

- Carver Hangar (breakfast/lunch/dinner for a pair price)
- Ant Farm (awesome breakfast burrito!)
- Hitching Post (great pizza!)
- Bent Shovel (Beer garden with pizza on saturdays)
- Taste of Bangkok (Thai)
- Dean's cafe (cash only! Taxes are theft anyways )
- Taqueria Las Palomas (great Mexican!)

$50 will feed me for a week or more the way I shop for groceries.

Edit: I am living off of $250 every two weeks for food, fuel, fun and other day to day expenses. A $50 meal out with my wife is a 20% reduction in my budget.