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By CHRIS SHERMAN, Times Staff Writer
© St. Petersburg Times
published February 14, 2002


I'll have another . . .

Meal at the bar. Fancy restaurants have mixed luck selling us on those "common" or "friendship" tables where single diners don't have to eat alone. But there's a simpler alternative in place in most restaurants if you don't mind climbing onto a barstool. Restaurant bars are often idle and provide no-wait eating and quicker service for singles and couples. Watch the tube or the bartender in silence if you want. For me, the informality introduces one to a livelier class of people.

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