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posted by mrpg on Friday April 20 2018, @06:14AM   Printer-friendly
from the say-what-again dept.

Vox presents an article about restaurant noise levels and why they've risen over the years.

When the Line Hotel opened in Washington, DC, last December, the cocktail bars, gourmet coffee shops, and restaurants that fill its cavernous lobby drew a lot of buzz. Housed in a century-old church, the space was also reputedly beautiful.

My first visit in February confirmed that the Line was indeed as sleek as my friends and restaurant critics had suggested. There was just one problem: I wanted to leave almost as soon as I walked in. My ears were invaded by a deafening din.

[...] In reckoning with this underappreciated health threat, I’ve been wondering how we got here and why any well-meaning restaurateur would inflict this pain on his or her patrons and staff. I learned that there are a number of reasons — and they mostly have to do with restaurant design trends. In exposing them, I hope restaurateurs will take note: You may be deafening your staff and patrons.


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  • (Score: 4, Interesting) by Phoenix666 on Friday April 20 2018, @12:57PM (1 child)

    by Phoenix666 (552) on Friday April 20 2018, @12:57PM (#669612) Journal

    The court in the capital of the Shilla kingdom, Kyeongju, in Korea, ate their summer meals in a garden [wikipedia.org], Poseok-jeong, where a winding water course bore floating dishes. I thought that ideal for the reasons you're talking about.

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  • (Score: 2) by Osamabobama on Friday April 20 2018, @05:11PM

    by Osamabobama (5842) on Friday April 20 2018, @05:11PM (#669715)

    The last time I ate at a place with garden dining, I heard other patrons complaining about the hornets' nest as I waited for a table. I opted to eat indoors.

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