DetectiveBananas
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Nothing like eating a Denny’s Grandslam breakfast for dinner at 1 AM….
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Americans - do you really go to restaurants at 8pm or later?
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Raven117
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In major urban areas, of course.
I prefer later reservations 8-9 is fine, but can even go later.
Gives you an opportunity for drinks before hand and some light snacks.
Slide right on into a boozy dinner... with great food and company. Have dinner till like 11pm. Maybe a night cap...Home by 12:30.
Thats the good stuff right there.
I prefer later reservations 8-9 is fine, but can even go later.
Gives you an opportunity for drinks before hand and some light snacks.
Slide right on into a boozy dinner... with great food and company. Have dinner till like 11pm. Maybe a night cap...Home by 12:30.
Thats the good stuff right there.
DeceptiveAlarm
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Texas De Brazil is awesome.
GHG
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Here in the middle east its pretty normal to go out late to eat. Last Friday we didn't kick off until 9PM. Places are open late.
Yep. Went to Toronto a few years ago with the wife and we tried walking into a restaurant at 9pm, they told us they were closing. Bit of a shock having become used to the times places are open until here.
Yep. Went to Toronto a few years ago with the wife and we tried walking into a restaurant at 9pm, they told us they were closing. Bit of a shock having become used to the times places are open until here.
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StreetsofBeige
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Thats surely a covid thing closing at 9 pm. But it may happen if it's a small mom an pop shops in the burbs. Most places will typically close 10 pm minimum. And if it's a pub or downtown place, it'll go to 2 am. I dont think many eateries stay open past 2 am though unless it's a greasy spoon open all night for drunks and clubbers. But the kitchen might close at 11 pm unless it has a late night bar menu.
Covid fucked everything up. We are currently in No Dine In mode again. But opens up for half capacity soon. Then full capacity in March. When there's any kind of lockdown, some smaller eateries dont even bother opening for take out service only. They wait till the city opens things up.
Is this a weekend thing? Or a work night? So if dinner is after midnight, what time do you go to bed and what time to get up and go to work?
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Fugitive Sex
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Perhaps it would help if the OP specified where they are from.
Meh, life is to short to live by a frickin scheme. If i want to i go out a sunday or a tuesday or whatever, and take a late snack, lunch or drink, or all. It makes me feel free. Ofcourse i dont do it everyday, it depends how i work the day after. But one of the best feelings is to, on a sunday(if you have monday off) drink some beers or some Whisky and eat something nice late at night. That feeling of freedom, for me that is "enjoying life"
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Fuz
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Try coming in Italy. 8PM is the earliest imaginable, if you're not elderly or hospitalized.
I often hear from other Italians that they have problems finding open restaurants for dinner when they travel.
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Fuz
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Koreans NEVER stop eating. Been there in 2018 and going out with Koreans friend, they wanted to go from a restaurant to a bar to an ice cream parlor to some street food...
BadBurger
Many “Whelps”! Handle It!
Every single culture on the planet that I am aware of are fond of eating out during those hours, yes. Whether I've been in South America, the Caribbean, Southeast Asia, etc. It is far, far from unique to the US.
This thread is like an alien who landed in the US and is trying to understand human behavior.
This thread is like an alien who landed in the US and is trying to understand human behavior.
Amiga
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Work nights for many. bed after 2am, Up at 8am . we kind of split the sleep into two sessions. 2nd is after work and lunch. On weekends it's on until daybreak. I can't remember the last time I had a full 8 hours of sleep.
Rentahamster
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StreetsofBeige
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Canada is very similar to the US, although I'd say Toronto (not covid years) is a lot more open than many US downtowns.
The reason for that is because a lot of US downtowns are skewed to work and offices. So when it's 5pm and time to go home, that downtown business sector is a ghost town so things all close early. Toronto has lots of condos downtown (tons) and students milling around as there's a slew of universities and colleges. So there's always people around so things are more open.
For us, restaurants will often close later on Fridays and Saturdays. Not sure about Sundays.
Assuming someone works during the day (not covid years), it'll be something like get up at 7 am, be at work by 8:30 and get home by 5:30. When home start making dinner soon. Maybe eat by 6:30. Go to bed by around midnight and wake up at 7 am next day. Repeat. WFH covid has been great though. No commute. I wake up around 8:15 and log into work around 8:45. For blue collar jobs, their hours skew a bit earlier where manufacturing and warehousing jobs might be more like start at 7 am and leave by 3 pm.
TheInfamousKira
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Why is there a thread every two months that goes "Americans, do you [do thing] during meals?"
Yes. We go to the restaurants at 9:30 PM, then we unbutton our pants, clap wildly, DON'T tip, and then shit in the discarded plate before getting into a fight in the parking lot. With guns. Then we ride home on our racist eagle, drink beer and watch reruns of The Apprentice before littering. We also don't get free health care. It really sucks, and we're all appalling animals fit only to be jeered at and prodded from inside our red, white and blue cages. TIM MCGRAW AND NASCAR ARE MY BABIES' FATHERS. I DRIVE TO WORK ON MY 4 WHEELER. YEE FUCKING HAW.
But seriously, yes. We do.
Shit on the plates.
Yes. We go to the restaurants at 9:30 PM, then we unbutton our pants, clap wildly, DON'T tip, and then shit in the discarded plate before getting into a fight in the parking lot. With guns. Then we ride home on our racist eagle, drink beer and watch reruns of The Apprentice before littering. We also don't get free health care. It really sucks, and we're all appalling animals fit only to be jeered at and prodded from inside our red, white and blue cages. TIM MCGRAW AND NASCAR ARE MY BABIES' FATHERS. I DRIVE TO WORK ON MY 4 WHEELER. YEE FUCKING HAW.
But seriously, yes. We do.
Shit on the plates.
MaestroMike
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no one wants to go out to eat during the day when its 100 degrees outside ??
GreenAlien
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It's mostly climate related. Hotter countries tend to eat later..
Alter_Fridge
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Alter_Fridge
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Most of my team gets in at 7 and leaves at 3:30. Some get in as early as 5
I'm a 9-5 personally but fucking hungry by then
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I get it. Folks love American culture, want to be in America, but only know stuff from films. So they are naturally curious if it is even awesomer for reals than it seems.
I mean, I've seen like 2 Irish films so I already know they eat porridge served by leprechauns, no questions there. And the one Indian film I sorta kinda watched made it clear they eat every meal with an elaborate song and dance involving the whole neighborhood (when it's not monkey brains and pulling peoples hearts out of course but that was in the 30's).
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All these years later I still chuckle at what a fucking moron that guy is.
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Alter_Fridge
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Where is this land? Why on Earth does dinner start at 11? Do you eat breakfast at 3pm?
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Susurrus
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DaleinCalgary
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Alter_Fridge
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It's nice to have options when you're drunk at 3am and want a feed, but that's not what this thread is about
BusierDonkey
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I like to hit restaurants late enough (after 8) to avoid eating around 100 people during meal time rush, but early enough the staff isn't wishing I would die in a fire (we close in 15 minutes and you just ordered the most complicated dish we serve).
Sakura
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I dunno about that. Most proper restaurants where I am from in BC are only open till 9 or 10pm at the latest. Some are only open till 8pm.
Pubs and fast food places are open a bit later, sure.
Gonpachiro Kamaboko
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Yeah but only to get drunk at chilis and cry
Tertullian
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Most Americans in their everyday lives eat dinner around 5:30-7:00. But dates are special, so they might be later, like a night out on the town. Media further exaggerates this because the mediocre screenwriters need to communicate that These Characters Are Cool Hip Attractive People Who Stay Out Late And Party As All People Who Aren't Losers Do.
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IntentionalPun
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Honestly in a busy city a lot of this is just down to when you can get a reservation for a popular place.
Aside from that you also have people getting together to eat before going out for drinks at more "bar/club" atmospheres and you want that to be a bit later.
Either way the answer to literally every "in America you dot this?" question is that... America is full of people who do different things, just like whatever country you come from too.
Aside from that you also have people getting together to eat before going out for drinks at more "bar/club" atmospheres and you want that to be a bit later.
Either way the answer to literally every "in America you dot this?" question is that... America is full of people who do different things, just like whatever country you come from too.
chromhound
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That's true. but most of places stop serving at 11:00
godhandiscen
There are millions of whiny 5-year olds on Earth, and I AM THEIR KING.
During college, I used to hit diners with friends at midnight.
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NeoIkaruGAF
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HOW DO PEOPLE DINE BEFORE 6 PM?
How?
Why?
Do you wake up at 3AM?
Do you never have lunch?
How are you even hungry at 5PM?
5 is barely tea time for me, I may have a snack at that hour, but fuckin’ DINNER? Aren’t you hungry again around midnight?
How?
Why?
Do you wake up at 3AM?
Do you never have lunch?
How are you even hungry at 5PM?
5 is barely tea time for me, I may have a snack at that hour, but fuckin’ DINNER? Aren’t you hungry again around midnight?
TheInfamousKira
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I routinely have dinner at midnight, lunch around 4 PM, and no breakfast. I also struggle with mild insomnia and have a schedule that enables me to have an ass backwards circadian rhythm. Dinner at 6 is heresy.
IntentionalPun
Ask me about my wife's perfect butthole
A lot of people don't really eat lunch as a meal.
I'm so busy with work I barely have time for a snack.
So dinner is at 5PM usually.
InfiniteCombo
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Depends. Mostly on special occasions -- dates, people's birthdays, etc. But most dinner dates can still be anywhere between 6-7:30 PM (followed be drinks and/or other activities afterwards).
I rarely go out to eat out on my own. I like to cook and, on top of that, restaurant food has gotten really expensive in my city, and a lot of it is over-seasoned/salty/etc.
I rarely go out to eat out on my own. I like to cook and, on top of that, restaurant food has gotten really expensive in my city, and a lot of it is over-seasoned/salty/etc.
Tams
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Eh, lots of Europeans eat late.
The UK has a mix for dinner/tea at home of around 5-6pm or 7pm. People who say earlier tend to call it tea. This isn't too be confused with afternoon tea/high tea (which are usually going out to eat these days). And if you have an early tea, your more likely to have supper.
As for eating out... early bird menus don't finish until about 6pm. Normally people don't have dinner out until 7pm. 8pm is the hardest to get reservations/seats for.
A lot of restaurants close at 10pm.
Mainland Europeans tend to eat later.
As for being hungry... I just have a snack if I am, but I just eat a decent lunch anyway.
The UK has a mix for dinner/tea at home of around 5-6pm or 7pm. People who say earlier tend to call it tea. This isn't too be confused with afternoon tea/high tea (which are usually going out to eat these days). And if you have an early tea, your more likely to have supper.
As for eating out... early bird menus don't finish until about 6pm. Normally people don't have dinner out until 7pm. 8pm is the hardest to get reservations/seats for.
A lot of restaurants close at 10pm.
Mainland Europeans tend to eat later.
As for being hungry... I just have a snack if I am, but I just eat a decent lunch anyway.
BaneIsPain
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A wizard is never late, Frodo Baggins. Nor is he early; he arrives precisely when he means to.
in simple words: whenever I’m hungry.
in simple words: whenever I’m hungry.
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