Originally Posted by
brendog
There is nothing quite so unpleasant as eating alone in a restaurant. I'm never quite sure what to do to occupy myself, so I generally bring my lappy and work until my food comes.
That is why I will do one of two things:
1. Go to a bar to eat. That way I can sit there and watch a sporting event on the tube and strike up conversation w/those around me (if I'm inclined to do so, that is). Even better, if I can find an irish pub and have some Shepherd's Pie.
2. Take a book with me. I do this a lot, actually, at sit-down places. As recently as last week while in SBA at a sushi place sitting at the sushi bar. Now THAT time, I did strike up some good conversation w/a family sitting next to me at the bar. Turned out to be an enjoyable dinner.