"Asking to leave..."

I asked this question because it happened to a couple of friends of mine on Mother's day and the circumstances of their being asked to leave were inexcusable. HOWEVER, since this did not happen to me personally, I don't feel the need to report hearsay in terms of the name of said restaurant.

I think it's acceptable for an owner or manager to not seat a party or ask them to leave if they brought in outside food.

Nice!

Heh. Issues from four different threads are now overlapping. Hilarious.

If you don't want people to hang out in your restaurant for 3 hours, get the same chairs that Hooter's uses. I met w/ some friends of mine there once to watch an event & after 45 minutes I had to leave because my butt was sore & my ribs were aching (the food was awful too). I suppose that what I'm trying to say is, if you create an environment that encourages people to stay a long time, don't be surprised when they do. I think that the vast majority of people will take a hint if you have a good waiting staff. There are always people that can't take a hint or simply don't care but I think they're few & far between.