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So yesterday I was excited to finally be able to go sit down at a restaurant to have a meal out. I hate drive thrus because my food is not to proper temp by the time I get home (see Cold Soggy Fries) and I think eating in the car is disgusting as I like to keep my car clean.
I chose In-N-Out as my first non home cooked meal post COVID-19 lockdown and was really looking forward to a burger out since I have eaten at home exclusively for the last 2 months plus.
The bad news: In-N-Out here in TX was still only doing drive thru orders. **** me!!!
There I was defeated, dejected, tail between my legs I head over to Whataburger (I don’t really like them nearly as much but I basically modify my burger order to “clone” an Animal Style burger). Texas lets me down AGAIN as the employee in the parking lot says they are still trying to figure out how to reopen the dining room and meet the guidelines. (Doesn’t Corporate have bean counters that get paid to figure stuff like this out!?!)
So I suggested a local Mom N Pop burger joint and my GF reminds me they are still only doing drive through orders.
Desperate I call a divey little Mom N Pop burger joint that lets you bring in your own beer/alcohol and ask if they are open for dine-in... the girl on the phone says YESSS we are!!!!!!
The Phase 1 reopen here in TX brought a few noticeable changes. They had a portable hand washing station at the entrance I didn’t use, menus were now printed on a piece of paper and given out to customers to keep, video game machines were all turned off and had a hand written sign explaining it was part of the Phase 1 COVID-19 restrictions. And instead of a bottle of ketchup we were given a pile of ketchup packets.
Food was great Fried Pickle Spears w Spicy Ranch, Double Cheesburger w/ Green Chilies and a Lemonade service was meh as usual. (Waitresses only make $2.13 per hour here and live off tips so YSR please don’t eat out here if you visit TX!
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Is was nice to be out at a restaurant they were busy but not packed (as per usual) so I didn’t see any signage but supposedly restaurants are not supposed to be more than 25% capacity until next week which is supposed to be 50% and so on every week until we get back to normal.
I thought my first FREEDOM burger experience here in Texas would have been less of a hassle but even here the local news on TV while waiting for my food was fear mongering beef/meat processing plant supply line concerns, restaurants reopening with caution, and then more stock footage of people laying in hospital beds because of the Rona.
Well there you have it even here in “Free” America the “Abundance of Caution” is still the order of the day for now.
I chose In-N-Out as my first non home cooked meal post COVID-19 lockdown and was really looking forward to a burger out since I have eaten at home exclusively for the last 2 months plus.
The bad news: In-N-Out here in TX was still only doing drive thru orders. **** me!!!
There I was defeated, dejected, tail between my legs I head over to Whataburger (I don’t really like them nearly as much but I basically modify my burger order to “clone” an Animal Style burger). Texas lets me down AGAIN as the employee in the parking lot says they are still trying to figure out how to reopen the dining room and meet the guidelines. (Doesn’t Corporate have bean counters that get paid to figure stuff like this out!?!)
So I suggested a local Mom N Pop burger joint and my GF reminds me they are still only doing drive through orders.
Desperate I call a divey little Mom N Pop burger joint that lets you bring in your own beer/alcohol and ask if they are open for dine-in... the girl on the phone says YESSS we are!!!!!!
The Phase 1 reopen here in TX brought a few noticeable changes. They had a portable hand washing station at the entrance I didn’t use, menus were now printed on a piece of paper and given out to customers to keep, video game machines were all turned off and had a hand written sign explaining it was part of the Phase 1 COVID-19 restrictions. And instead of a bottle of ketchup we were given a pile of ketchup packets.
Food was great Fried Pickle Spears w Spicy Ranch, Double Cheesburger w/ Green Chilies and a Lemonade service was meh as usual. (Waitresses only make $2.13 per hour here and live off tips so YSR please don’t eat out here if you visit TX!
)Is was nice to be out at a restaurant they were busy but not packed (as per usual) so I didn’t see any signage but supposedly restaurants are not supposed to be more than 25% capacity until next week which is supposed to be 50% and so on every week until we get back to normal.
I thought my first FREEDOM burger experience here in Texas would have been less of a hassle but even here the local news on TV while waiting for my food was fear mongering beef/meat processing plant supply line concerns, restaurants reopening with caution, and then more stock footage of people laying in hospital beds because of the Rona.
Well there you have it even here in “Free” America the “Abundance of Caution” is still the order of the day for now.
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