I’m now of the opinion that casual / fast food places are using the pandemic to end/cease indoor dining in order to save money on staffing and cleaning. It’s like how airlines reduced F food service during the pandemic - I believe in this analogy and think that most of us here can empathize. We are lucky that our DQ in Capitola still has counter to-go service to offset the long drive-through queues! We love our blizzards :-)
Originally Posted by
braslvr
Every time I hear stories like this I'm amazed. Even in most of CA, there was only a short period- maybe 3-4 months where you couldn't at least eat outside. Plus there were always a few restaurants and bars who refused to comply. We got out plenty except for that 3-4 month period. Many other states were much more lenient.
I used to dine out often pre-pandemic and switched to cooking primarily for the money saving. Even now I still prefer to cook my own meals as much as possible, strictly as a lifestyle change for both money and health. I’ll still enjoy restaurant meals with my family and I’ll only order food that I cannot cook, such as fried chicken and French fries and eggplant dishes (I lack patience for that time needed to dry the eggplant). I believe that most restaurants are serving Sysco level foods that I can just replicate at home because I have the time to learn what I’ve read on Ft for cooking lessons :-)