please empty your brain below
May to September - sure
November to March - no thanks
The economy of the north will thrive.
The shorter days in September will also make al fresco dining in the evening less attractive
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Argument also applies to meeting up with friends and family in parks and gardens.
May to September - sure November to March - no thanks |
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I am sure the stereotype of the Northern lass in high heels and not much else on her way out to the nightclub won't be put off by the weather and will happily do brunch outside in the snow.
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This is the balmy south though, different outlook in say, Scotland. Not much al fresco dining up there at any time of the year.
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Even more worrying for the restaurant industry, how often is it still over 15°C (let alone 20°C) all the way until dinner time?
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We really need to embrace those outdoor verandas they have in European cities. A plastic tent over the front of the restaurant, with walls on either side, and a patio heater. It's not as nice as being inside but it's certainly more pleasant than a windswept table propped in the gutter of the Kilburn High Road.
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I hadn't realised that the temperatures in September drop off so quickly, being far more like May than June
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It had not struck me that the "out" in EOTHO could be construed as outdoors. I think of eating out to mean eating at a restaurant (or street food).
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15C is too cold to eat out - you would need to wear a jacket during the meal. That may not be a problem, however you need to factor in wind chill and the fact that the food cools down fairly quickly.
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This is why deliveries were invented!!
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While our winters are not as severe as yours, it has to be very cold to send us indoor to dine. And so many places have outdoor heating.
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Outside heating is very bad environmentally though.
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Nearly all my pub meals in the past couple of months have been inside. I actually only had one EO2HO and even that was inside.
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I do expect to see a lot more of the not-particularly-environmentally-friendly patio heaters about this winter. In fact, I'm rather surprised that they've been relatively rare up until now. I certainly have memories of pub-level grub being served "outdoors" (is it really outdoors if it's entirely enclosed?) in sub-zero temperatures in Toronto before I left 20 years ago. Though no "serious" restaurant did this.
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Some French cities have already banned outdoor heaters at restaurants for environmental reasons, and notwithstanding the coronavirus, it may become a national policy.
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