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Old Posted Nov 17, 2014, 3:25 PM
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Originally Posted by kool maudit View Post
yeah, to me the prime hours to reserve a table are essentially 7-8:30, with 6:30 being the early outlier and 9 being the late one. if you go too late, your end-of-meal (assuming a two-hour meal, multiple courses, wine -- a night out) can feel curtailed as the restaurant winds down, but going too early is somehow utilitarian and a bit depressing.

my habits (formed to maximize fun-ness and the conviviality of the room) are essentially those created by the montreal restaurant world, but here in copenhagen it's pretty similar.
My totally unecdotal observations are that most of mainstream North America dines between 5 and 6:30. Quebec is about an hour later on average.

France only gets starting around 7 and peaks between 8 and 9.

Most of the rest of northern Europe is similar to Quebec.

Spain and Italy are an hour or more later than France even. As is Latin America.
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