I have a friend whose family always take the birthday person out to eat on their birthday. It’s a rather large family & they always invite a few good friends to join in. The group today is about 11 people, but we often have as many as 24–30. I called to warn the chosen restaurant that we needed to make a reservation for 11 at 1:00pm. The response was “We don’t take reservations on the weekend. Just come in & see IF we have anything available.” Back when I was a waitress, it was unheard of to not be prepared for a party of 11. Personally, I would just go somewhere else to eat, but the family is dead set on this one because it’s the birthday boy’s favorite pace to eat. Now I’m wondering IF reservations are a thing of the past or IF my sleep little town is getting cocky on how much people want to eat out. Do your local restaurants still take reservations…IF not, do you know why???