[speaker001:] okay I now say Arlington Texas since the other day I said that and somebody said well I'm in Arlington Virginia
[speaker002:] oh well that is a different thing isn't it
[speaker001:] yeah I was really surprised then I got one person from Utah but usually it's just right around here
[speaker002:] sure
[speaker001:] well what what do you like in a restaurant
[speaker002:] well I guess I'd I thought well I guess I'd have to say the food well
[speaker001:] I know number one that's definitely it
[speaker002:] you know if the food's good then that's you know that sort of makes my decision I you know if I really have something good although okay the food and then the other thing I'd say is atmosphere's real important to me you know I don't like really noisy places and
[speaker001:] um-hum you know yeah you know I used to like to go to Friday's because I like kind of lively fun places and the last time we went there it was so horrendously noisy that I don't know if I'll ever go back it was awful
[speaker002:] yes  well when a when a I know one of my pet peeves is that you know they have the music on so loud and then people have to talk loud and then it's just so noisy that you can't visit
[speaker001:] um-hum that's right oh I know
[speaker002:] you know and normally when I'm eating out I you know with people and I wanna sit and talk I mean
[speaker001:] that's the half the fun is the conversation right
[speaker002:] right you know and I don't mind some noise but if it's bearable for me so um
[speaker001:] I really think American restaurants are all overall getting noisy and noisy people just screaming I say that because I the time I was in Europe years ago you could be in a tiny little restaurant everyone talked lower they still seemed to have fun
[speaker002:] I'd uh-huh well I don't know why I in fact I've been to places where I've asked them to turn the music down and and they say well they you know they can't that that's the the atmosphere they want to promote and I I don't understand that
[speaker001:] um-hum I don't either
[speaker002:] you know it's like that doesn't make sense to me what you know what is the fun of that
[speaker001:] I know I can't and uh another one you can tell I go to cheap restaurants now that I have a daughter in college and I'm going we we go all the cheapies but uh we go to Cheddar's a lot there's one by us
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] and they'll just blast the TV where in the bar where you have to wait till they call your name you know and and I'm not that excited about some baseball game or whatever they're
[speaker002:] um-hum right
[speaker001:] it's just so loud you can't even visit while you're having a drink or anything
[speaker002:] well another thing that is not my favorite thing is um you know like if they have um birthdays and then they all scream you know clap and scream to birthday I get tired of that too
[speaker001:] oh they all screaming run screaming in and singing yes they do too I think
[speaker002:] so you know that that uh the atmosphere does make a difference but usually I tend to go well for two reasons I go for the food also thinking now there's certain types of restaurants that I like you know like I love Mexican food and so I go to I like Mexican food restaurants um
[speaker001:] um-hum um-hum right
[speaker002:] so I would go for that um I think did I say what kind of restaurants do you prefer or do you
[speaker001:] oh golly uh I like most kinds of food really I'd never go to a barbecue place I mean I I don't mind barbecue but that's one that we just don't go out to
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] but what you know I like Italian and Mexican and I love French and
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] um we don't I don't even think we have a Greek restaurant in Arlington we uh I used to go to a Greek restaurant over in Dallas couple of them I thought they were great
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] um I like most everything I like seafood too course it's hard to get my husband to a seafood restaurant but another thing to consider is the uh help you know
[speaker002:] yeah um-hum
[speaker001:] uh their attitude
[speaker002:] right
[speaker001:] uh uh I think and uh
[speaker002:] I I agree
[speaker001:] some of them you know they come up with all this phony stuff too hi my name's Bill I'm your waiter for the night oh God I'm tired of that
[speaker002:] right right right just wait on me and
[speaker001:] right I don't care about right we don't have to exchange backgrounds but um price is something to consider
[speaker002:] I'll be happy  that's true that's true um and I and I generally speaking go to moderately priced places you know places and it does matter um
[speaker001:] but
[speaker002:] you know depending upon what my budget is for the week as to where I go I guess um but that's yeah that's right I uh price is definitely a consideration
[speaker001:] right uh the more expensive the restaurant the more I want the have the waiters to really wait on you and be good you know remember
[speaker002:] uh-huh well they should be I mean in theory I guess
[speaker001:] really really I think so well we went to New Orleans this fall and talk about great restaurants oh
[speaker002:] yes there's probably no place better I I you know the food in New Orleans is just fabulous
[speaker001:] oh oh I know and uh really we we went to Commander's Palace and
[speaker002:] oh
[speaker001:] and you know supposed to be one of the better ones in America and uh our dinner that night you could choose one that had like four courses and it was thirty nine dollars a dinner but my gosh it was worth it it was just beautiful surrounding and at one time there was five people waiting on our table
[speaker002:] yeah yes yeah I've been there it yes I have
[speaker001:] oh really that's the first time I I'd been in New Orleans before it was the first time I'd eaten there and I thought it was worth every penny
[speaker002:] ah it is it's a fabulous place
[speaker001:] and uh I really enjoyed that then I'd enjoy that more than Brennan's
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] I think it's better
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] but still Brennan's is so lovely and the service is so wonderful
[speaker002:] well they're all lovely I mean basically you just can't go wrong and um the food is just so good I I I I love New Orleans and I
[speaker001:] that's true oh I know and they're lighthearted people there but
[speaker002:] exactly it's just a