Smash or Pass List Restaurant Edition

Heading to restaurants is a treat, but some of these make the experience that much better

In no particular order, these are my pet peeves and obsessions when dining out. What are my qualifications? None, I like to eat just like everyone else.

Smash: a coat rack, a coat check, a hanger to put your coat on that’s not on the back of your chair. If you live somewhere that experiences cold weather, you understand the impossible struggle of trying to balance your outerwear on the back of a dining chair. Inevitably your hat, your mitts, and your coat fall into the puddle on the floor.

Pass: having to wait for your whole party to arrive to be seated. My party is a bunch of chronically late, directionally challenged, barely functioning adults. It will be a miracle if we all show up.