Although one of our favorite spots is now opening for dine-in (limited seating), reservations are hard to get. This is/was their curbside menu.

It's amazing how much cheaper the meals are at the fancy restaurants when you're not buying their wine!

My bud and I have made a date that when it's safe to travel again, we're heading into NYC for this...

Hot dogs from a street vendor. Ummm!

Carne Asada taco > street vendor, too.

As someone who wants their hot food hot and their cold food cold I don't see any benefit in curbside pickup. Certainly not for steak or grilled seafood. I don't take even leftovers home as a rule. Fresh food from kitchen to table with good service is the whole point of dining out.

We do takeout but for things like Chinese food, fish and chips or Bar-B-Q, not finer dining.

I'm not sure if this is new or not. Several restaurants are offering various alcoholic beverages and bottles of wine to go. Many nicer places made a to go menu and more affordably priced meals to go. A few have been able to open with limited seating, but the gist of the comments make me think the to go option is being used more.

That smear of chocolate reminded me of a restaurant that advertised their sauces. Only time I ate there I ordered one of the more elaborate entrees. While it had all of the sauces by the time they were run under the salamander to brown the top there was no way to separate them from the plate.

For me fine dining is for enjoying all the flourishes. While I could take the food home or eat it in the park it just would not be the same. Although I have not yet purchased this to me is more special takeout food. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jgmvzglLjbdnPMgb4t-NBlmmdXqsrNup/view

Maifleur, that looks delicious and affordable. :)

Yes, we all would like all the flourishes that come along with the usual fine dining experience. Including hot food. No one expects it to be the same.

The fact is that Fine Dining establishments found a way to adapt their menus to stay open. While keeping at least some of their staff employed while serving guests during a pandemic. A time when they couldn’t open their doors in the usual manner.

kadefol it is their pastries that are the best. Real old style buttercream, chocolate, marzipan, crispy nut wafers in some. Adult rum balls but not the normal type. Buttercream mixed with trimmings from their torts and a dash of alcohol. Normally kirsh but sometimes rum or orange liqueur. Puff pastry rings with pipped marzipan with a crisp sugar glaze are my favor.

^^ Mmm, drooling. I wish we could buy real European pastries around here, but it's probably best we can't because I'd double my weight in no time.

We have been enjoying occasional takeout from our favorite restaurants, partly because we like the food and partly because we want to help them stay in business!

I'm not ready!

We try to do curb side pick up once a week to support our neighbourhood eateries. Our Legion has very good daily specials too