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I received a great reader question about dining alone:

I like eating alone at home and I like eating out, except for some reason eating out alone for dinner just does not feel right and I just am not brave enough to do it as frequently as the urge strikes me (mostly after reading la.digesty). I do not know why. I do have friends and I eat out a few times a month, but some are married (three is totally a crowd), others are on a budget, some just like to go to the same places, and the rest I spend enough time with that any more would be too much.

What are peoples strategies for eating dinner out alone? Is there some way you choose a place to eat alone or not? Are there types of places you prefer to eat alone and others you would never eat alone at?

What do you do to pass the time between ordering and receiving your food? Is there anything else besides enjoying being quite and staring are your drink? I know I could bring something to read, but some places that does not seem appropriate. Do you tend to eat really quickly and just get out as fast as you can?

How often do you eat out alone? Any good/bad/funny experiences?

Sincerely,
Insecure Diner

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By Jonah (see more of his posts). Jonah is the founder of la.foodblogging and also created Digesty, a food blog aggregator and Cheww.com, a spam free foodblog search engine.