Are there any restaurants where you just feel... safe?
I mean, like, you know the food will be at least acceptable, and you know the right kind of people are going there, so you feel comfy and taken care of.
Panera, Au Bon Pain, and Hot Table (a regional panini shop here) fall into that category for me. They're safe, and the customers feel safe.
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No. It's a buncha fuckin animals out there
There are restaurants where... you don't feel safe?
According your definition OP, that would be any restaurant except maybe a fast food chain or other obvious shithole like a Golden Corral.
Nameless Mexican restaurant that's connected to a gas station. I live in Dallas.
Tacos are 9/10 and the same few women work everyday, so it's very dependable.
>the right kind of people
what the fuck does this mean?
If you mean safe from violence, I don't fear or worry about that at any restaurant I go to. I live in the northern midwestern US. I've been to bars/nightclubs where safety is of some concern, and I'm sure there are some alcohol-heavy restaurants that carry similar risks, or restaurants in extremely bad neighborhoods, but I don't go to those.
Probably the least safe place I might stop at would be normal chain fast food restaurants (McD's etc.) in certain locations, or a gas-station-connected Subway, just because they attract poorer clientele, and might be more motivated to commit robberies, or might be poorer because of mental illness or drug addiction, which could make their behavior less predictable.
Out of curiosity, where do you live that you wouldn't feel safe in a normal restaurant?
I only eat at Big Boy's
Country fried steak? Got 'em, veal parmesan? Got em, every time I get one of those, souper salad good too, sometimes get a burger
>what the fuck does this mean?
The lack of unwanted social groups. I.e. no gaggles of loud teenagers. No smelly construction workers there on break. No drunkards. No black people. Etc.
No non-whites
Take a wild guess
Well-behaved people who don't have loud conversations and act like apes
>e.g. not McDonald's
>Panera, Au Bon Pain
So overpriced places full of middle class suburbanites eating faux upscale food feel safe to you? Wow. We live in different worlds. To me those places, along with Starbucks feel like the height of corporate contrivance - fast food joints masquerading as something more upscale for people who might otherwise feel like eating fast food is below their class identity.
I'd guess what makes you feel safe is being around people you see as your social class. That's how restaurants work. They set the prices at what the crowd they want to attract is willing to pay, and those prices keep out those less affluent. If they can make a profit delivering the experience the target audience expects for the money they stay in business.
Personally I never think of safety when it comes to restaurants. I go out to eat, so the food is all that matters to me. A "safe" place is one I'd never go to, because I'm not interested in "safe" food. If I'm dropping dough to go out to eat the last thing I want is boring.
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We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white restaurants
I was eating at Pho Pasteur in Boston's Chinatown one night sitting by the window with a hot bowl of pho and a nice glass of wine, just taking my time eating watching people go by. It was pretty cozy feeling.
I used to feel safe at Luby's, until '91.
>lists fast food chains
god I hate this board
lol at this mad fat poor black ghetto teen
Cracker Barrel is my safe space.
This shouldn't be hard to figure out user.
I don't feel safe anywhere in public because I have crippling schizophrenic paranoia.
I used to feel safe at Ann's Snack Bar until the white folk found out about it in the Creative Loafing
Cracker Barrel
Oh shit you already said it
I love Cracker Barrel
I hope you fucking kill yourself you weak human
In 'murrica, there are very few places you can feel safe. I was shot during an armed robbery where the perp never said a word at 5:00 PM in a busy white collar office area.
Try to feel safe in 'murrica. I used to.
This local breakfast place that only old people go to
The food isn't mindblowing but it feels like all is right in the world the whole time you're there
CALL ME WEAK IRL FAGGOT REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Some local places. I ask for a booth and I just tuck in there. Dim lights, quiet music, fantastic flavourful food, friendly service. I often go there when I am having a panic attack and ask for a piece of delicious filet mignon cooked well done, hold the veggies and a nice glass of white fruity wine. Nothing beats it. The waitress knows who I am and my order every time. "The..usual order user?" And I always tip 30% she always smiles at me too, I might ask her out, just working up the courage now!
Waffle House.
So perfect, so simple, so few variables, you can see the entire kitchen and watch Jose and Cletus make your food, and crack a dirty joke with Ashelyeiyeigh or Laquisha or whomever and there's a non zero chance you'll get a blowie in the parking lot, and the fucking pecan waffles are good every. single. time.
>i cri every tiem
Chick-fil-A gives me a comfy, safe feeling. Especially during christmastime when they play the more religious songs that no other song would dare to play
Never been to those places, but most Vietnamese food is cheap as all hell, literally only 8-10 bucks for soups. Whats got you all socialist-triggered user?
(you) but really, kys
Why :O ?
:^)
You got me. But in all seriousness there is a place with the atmosphere I mentioned although I prefer to have my steak medium rare with red wine and all the vegetables/mashed potatoes/mushrooms. So delicious. It's my safe space :) teehee
>panera
i definitely get that vibe there, but i guess that's because its got that breakfast/bakery half at my location that gives the whole restaurant more of a coffee shop vibe. its always a pretty cozy experience, the lighting helps alot with it too. i've never had an experience where the food came out weird, and the people that eat there usually look like kind of smart/vaguely attractive. not like models or anything, but more like extras in a movie. i basically never see morbidly obese people there or country hick types or gangsta thugs. there are usually a few bigger groups of people but they're never out of control loud or rowdy.
its just such a cozy restaurant. fucking overpriced, but 10/10 atmosphere.
taco bell if they get the order right
Fuel City?
NO NIGGERS
Waffle house hash browns are god tier
If you have to ask it means you're not one of them.
Waffle House
I always feel like it exists in this pocket universe where there is no judgment.
Any chip shop ran by descendants of Italain immigrants is a safe bet for being a well ran chip shop.
But they're not fast food.
........,,,,,,,"tuck in",,,,,,.........??????!!
Another one: Noodles & Company. They also have the advantage of having some genuinely good food.
You can do it user. Any girl would be lucky to have you.
britbong for "dig in" to your food. "Have at it," "get down to it" etc, with an extra connotation of comfiness.
>tfw your safe place comes under new management and they ruin everything you loved about it
Five guys. Service is okay, but been to multiple locations and never once had a burger that wasn't at least very good.
What happened in '91?
Several OP. I'll try new places, especially upstarts that pop up in my area. But sometimes I want a place I can trust.
Quiznos, but for perhaps the wrong reason: on the rare occasions I go there ($$) I'm invariably the only customer.
>be me
>friend wants to go have a drink in a nice bar where they serve good food
>we go there with some other friends
>sit down at bar, good drinks, good free food with drinks, prompt service
>felames start talking about sex in extremely crude terms
>custies giving us dirty looks
>the bar people start to ignore us, no more free food, funny looks
>female friend is hurt because she wants to be treated liek the other people
Then behave yourself!
going to Fuel City makes me anxious as fuck, way too much going on, i wish they had a drive though
Is that a regular occurrence at Luby's or something you pussy?
It's a regular occurrence anywhere at anytime in the US.
Shit, that's true.
If your "safe" go to is a national chains serving ersatz fast food made to seem upscale so as to appeal to you all I can think is that you live somewhere with very limited options when it comes to dining out. And I get that. If all your options suck the ones that seem the least sucky are going to look like winners to you. That still doesn't make them good places to eat.
This. I go through three pots of coffee and a large order of all-the-way hashbrowns while listening to a quiet audiobook when I'm hung over. It's good for what ails you.
Comfy/10.
I live across the street from fuel city at baker square appt.
>never live there for your own sake
But they ARE quality. Go try the chicken frontega sandwich at Panera and tell me it's not several cuts above anything you'd get at Wendy's or BK.
>several cuts above anything you'd get at Wendy's or BK.
Of course it is. But it's still mass produced garbage. That chicken sandwich, like so many fast food items contains over a day's worth of sodium in one serving. And while it appears to be made from recognizable ingredients there's a lot of unrecognizable shit in there, including Sodium lactate, Potassium lactate, Sodium phosphate, Sodium diacetate , Sodium nitrate, Calcium disodium EDTA, Sodium benzoate, Polysorbate 60 and Potasium sorbate. You don't use these ingredients in your kitchen. They're not mentioned in La Rousse Gastronomy. Chefs do not reach for these things in their kitchens. Because they're not used in good food. They're used in mass produced crap, which is what Panera is selling.
I'll grant you it looks and tastes a little better than most fast food chains, but when you look at what it actually is it's only a marginal step up at best.
>scary sounding substances that are actually harmless
Cedars Cafe in the Tulalip Casino, open 24hrs a day. Cheap prices, great late night staff, never had a bad meal there.
>get table for 1
>no one gives a shit because midnight-4am at a casino diner (my usual hours going in)
>chat with all the staff
>take my sweet ass time
>toss cash into bill and walk out
It's got nothing to do with being afraid of chemicals or sounding scary.
The point is that it's not traditional homemade bread. It's industrial shit. The complaint isn't about health worries or scary chemical names, it's about the flavor and the texture of the bread.
Yeah, it's better than Wendy's or BK but that's not saying much.
The bakery down my street. They have copious sandwiches and pizzas, as well as the usual croissants, pain au chocolat etc. Prices are low for where I live, too.
Usually go there a few times a week for bread and munchies. Baker and his wife are top tier nice people and give me free croissants.
It doesn't matter whether or not they're harmful. My point is they're not ingredients used in good food. No cookbook is going to have recipes with Disodium EDTA in the ingredient lists. No chef uses these things. It serves no purpose in food made from fresh ingredients. It's purpose is to keep food that's not freshly made from going bad. It's an indicator that what you're eating is not fresh, because it's been designed to sit around for long periods without going bad. Convenient for the chain restaurant, but not exactly a mark of quality, is it?
>and the people that eat there usually look like kind of smart/vaguely attractive. not like models or anything, but more like extras in a movie.
yeah this is definitely part of it. I like people-watching at panera. just adds to the vibe