How LATE is too LATE?

cheerfulgreek · #1 05-29-2008, 06:57 PM

I'm just curious to see what other people would do in a situation like this one.

Well, I went to Bakers Square this past weekend. It was late and they were getting ready to close. I was with a friend and we got there a little after 10:30pm. They closed at 11:00pm so I felt since they were still open, we should be served. The person I was with didn't want to go in because it was too close to closing time.

I guess some people think it's wrong to eat at a restaurant if it's close to closing. I think it's perfectly o.k. They're open right? I could see if it was like 5 minutes before closing, but a whole half hour?

Do you go in as long as they're open, or do you have a set time before they close?

jon1856 · #2 05-29-2008, 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

I'm just curious to see what other people would do in a situation like this one.

Well, I went to Bakers Square this past weekend. It was late and they were getting ready to close. I was with a friend and we got there a little after 10:30pm. They closed at 11:00pm so I felt since they were still open, we should be served. The person I was with didn't want to go in because it was too close to closing time.

I guess some people think it's wrong to eat at a restaurant if it's close to closing. I think it's perfectly o.k. They're open right? I could see if it was like 5 minutes before closing, but a whole half hour?

Do you go in as long as they're open, or do you have a set time before they close?

I am not familiar with this restaurant so I do not know what type it is.
I was taught that many restaurants have two closing times:
Last sitting and service.
And when the grill is shut down and lights go out.

A few weeks ago, my GR and I walked into a new place near by thinking that we would try it out. Well, it was open and there where people there eating. BUT grill was shut down and the chef had left the building

#3 05-29-2008, 07:12 PM

Watch the movie "Waiting".

You'll never have to ask this question ever again.

TexasWSP · #4 05-29-2008, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by OTW

Watch the movie "Waiting".

You'll never have to ask this question ever again.

I was actually at a restaurant with a few friends and one of them sent an order back because it was cold. We got it back and it was completely obvious that it had been "tampered" with...we'll just leave it at that. My buddy went back to the kitchen, threw the plate at the chef, and hit him in the face.

Not kidding. It was a surreal experience.

jon1856 · #5 05-29-2008, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by TexasWSP

I was actually at a restaurant with a few friends and one of them sent an order back because it was cold. We got it back and it was completely obvious that it had been "tampered" with...we'll just leave it at that. My buddy went back to the kitchen, threw the plate at the chef, and hit him in the face.

Not kidding. It was a surreal experience.

Brother, BON, I had just about the opposite happen a year or so ago.
Was having lunch with a group of my GF's family. And one of her cousins was being overly picky with what he ordered and was served. Sent it back three times. First time it made some sense. After that, it truly did not. At least not for the reasons he was giving.
The rest of us felt like throwing him into the kitchen.....

TexasWSP · #6 05-29-2008, 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by jon1856

Brother, BON, I had just about the opposite happen a year or so ago.
Was having lunch with a group of my GF's family. And one of her cousins was being overly picky with what he ordered and was served. Sent it back three times. First time it made some sense. After that, it truly did not. At least not for the reasons he was giving.
The rest of us felt like throwing him into the kitchen.....

Yeah, nothing worse than ultra picky eaters that do that. It's embarrassing just sitting at the table with them. Now.....if something is really wrong with food quality, like the dish being cold...I don't have a problem politely sending it back.

Kevlar281 · #7 05-29-2008, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by OTW

Watch the movie "Waiting".

You'll never have to ask this question ever again.

Haha so true.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bla0VDChdyM

About a minute in for those of you haven't seen it.

TexasWSP · #8 05-29-2008, 07:13 PM

If it's nice or upscale in the slightest bit....no, I wouldn't go in close to closing time.

Something simple and easy, normal chain restaurants......don't really care.

AKA_Monet · #9 05-29-2008, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

I'm just curious to see what other people would do in a situation like this one.

Well, I went to Bakers Square this past weekend. It was late and they were getting ready to close. I was with a friend and we got there a little after 10:30pm. They closed at 11:00pm so I felt since they were still open, we should be served. The person I was with didn't want to go in because it was too close to closing time.

I guess some people think it's wrong to eat at a restaurant if it's close to closing. I think it's perfectly o.k. They're open right? I could see if it was like 5 minutes before closing, but a whole half hour?

Do you go in as long as they're open, or do you have a set time before they close?

Well when do you take your public health courses? After that experience, you'd probably will not even EAT at restaurants anymore... LOL

cheerfulgreek · #10 05-30-2008, 01:40 AM

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Well when do you take your public health courses? After that experience, you'd probably will not even EAT at restaurants anymore... LOL

I'm sure I won't. I've heard of some disgusting things though.

Nanners52674 · #11 05-30-2008, 03:15 AM

So its not a restaurant but i worked at the seafood counter of a grocery store for a few months. Every night for closing you have to take all the fish out of the display pack it in bins and store it in the big cooler. On more than one occasion customers would come by when there was packing up and there was almost no fish on display and be like oh are you closing is it to late for you to get me something. And as for the don't mess with the people who prepare your food quote soooo true!

CBU Jeff · #12 06-02-2008, 05:24 PM

I would have to agree with all....My soon-to-be wife and I went into a Pasta Place about 45 minutes before closing one night. We even asked if they were still serving (in which they said they were). We discovered once inside that we were the ONLY ones there and that they were more than ready to leave. Let's just say my pasta was a bit more spicy that it probably should have been.

blueeyes04 · #13 06-02-2008, 11:56 PM

I work at a restaurant, and I want to slap people who come in with less than 20 minutes left until close. Its even worse if people sneak at 10: 27 and we close at 10: 30. By that time, the kitchen staff is pretty much cleaned up and most stuff is packed away, and the servers are irritable.

nittanyalum · #14 06-03-2008, 12:16 AM

I swear, every time I see the title of this thread, I think cheerfulgreek is asking whether she might be preggers...

And CHAOS,

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I do like Applebee's shrimp and spinach salad with red onions.

I LOVE that salad!!!

cheerfulgreek · #15 05-29-2008, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

Depends on the restaurant.

30 minutes is enough time to eat because most restaurants have a window of time where they lock the doors but don't kick people out who are eating.

Exactly. So I felt that even if we were in there after they closed, it's not like they would kick us out or anything, ya know. As long as the doors aren't locked, I don't see the problem.