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Todd Barry Talks Eating Alone and Answers an Eternal Sporkful Question

What types of restaurants are best for eating alone? Is it better to sit at a table or the bar? We discuss, then Todd answers a timeless question: What's one food that's not improved by either melted cheese or hot fudge?

The Sporkful

Theresa from Ohio dug our recent episode with comic Todd Barry about eating alone. One issue we talked about was where to sit when dining solo -- facing the street outside, or the rest of the restaurant. Her take: The restaurant view because I love watching the servers interact. I worked in the service industry for a long time and I

The Sporkful

The great comic Todd Barry joins us for a discussion on eating alone (a.k.a. "solo dining"), including issues such as bar vs. table, reading material vs. people watching, interacting with the wait staff, and more. Plus, Todd takes our James Lipton Proust-style food questionnaire. Subscribe to The Sporkful podcast via iTunes here. To support The Sporkful and receive the special bonus