Patios Can Be Tricky

Some restaurants have an outdoor seating area called a patio. Restaurant patrons will frequent these areas during the warmer seasons such as summer. Shade umbrellas are often provided with many of the tables. Beware! Patio etiquette can be very, very complicated, much more so than inside the restaurant. Patios are accessed through the entrance of the restaurant and the “Please wait to be seated sign” previously mentioned would also apply to that area. Do not walk past the sign, through the restaurant, and seat yourself on the patio. Do not access the patio by jumping the fence or sneaking through the back door and seating yourself either