NOISE
By: Mr. T on
August 4, 2006
Is it just me, or does anyone else find excessively NOISY restaurants to be a major turn-off? Why do some of the newly arrived Lincoln restaurants feel that pumping the volume at the lunch hour somehow makes the food or experience better? At times I feel like the dude in the famous “The Scream” painting by Munch above when I visit some downtown places. I understand that a number of places cater to the student body, and that some of the bars do need some music to keep things lively and so on. To me, a place like The Watering Hole – which has great food - has just the right level of music volume to keep things lively while allowing its patrons to converse without needing to use a megaphone. There are a few other places in downtown Lincoln, however, that have gone completely over the top when it comes to noise pollution. You probably know them.
Anyway, a few of my favorites for real nice, quiet places to eat in downtown Lincoln are (in no particular order): Danny’s Deli, High Nooners, Papa J’s (or whatever it is now called), Nha Trang, Main Street Deli, Ali Baba’s, and of course, the immortal La Mexicana. Good food, and you don't walk out with busted ear drums, a disoriented look and migraine headache.
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Amen! And new restaurants’ open ceilings do nothing to abate the noise problem.
Noise pollution is one of my pet peeves and something that downtown Lincoln needs to address for outdoor seating. Right now the only places I find tolerable to sit outdoors are Brewsky’s and Buzzard Billy’s and even they have considerable noise from the semis that traverse through the Haymarket.
Ditto to your list and I’ll throw in Thai Garden and Terrace Grill as others that are quiet, not necessarily my favorites though.
Of course all that noise may just be a way to hurry you along so that there will be room for the next customer.
Like uncomfortable furniture in fast food joints. It is designed to get you out as soon as you get done eating, no lollygagging around we need that seat for the next customer.
Like uncomfortable furniture in fast food joints.
I never thought about that possibility, but it makes sense Gun.
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