Impossible to go to brunch without a reservation
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Anonymous
| Just a rant: we randomly decided as a family this morning that we wanted to go to brunch. I called around to 4 or 5 places near us (S Arlington) all with 1.5+ hour waits, and they won't put you on the list unless you go stand there for that whole time and wait for your name to be called. Is this a DC area thing or everywhere now? Ridiculous that you can't go anywhere good without making reservations weeks in advance. |
Anonymous
| It's like this in smaller cities too! |
Anonymous
Restaurants need more service workers! Encourage your kids to go into hospitality services instead of professional careers so this doesn’t continue. |
Anonymous
| I don’t go to brunch anymore because it doesn’t make sense. I don’t want to pay $30 for a meal I can myself for $7, and have it be ready faster than it would take to get a seat at a restaurant. |
Anonymous
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Weeks in advance? No. But expecting that your entire family can just waltz into a restaurant with no lead time and find a table magically open for you with no wait time? Nope. Restaurants without customers don’t last very long.
Get a grip. |
Anonymous
Could have been put in a much kinder way, but this poster is exactly right. |
Anonymous
| So make reservations. You're acting like restaurants are popular at brunch "at" you. Lots of people want to eat brunch in a restaurant, and it's the kind of meal where people can really linger and take up tables for a long time. There are only so many spots. What should happen? |
Anonymous
| Walked into brunch last weekend at Medium Rare with no problem. |