[michaelgrafl]

If you see restaurants as a place to get food, then you're right. If you visit a place to have a remarkable experience, you might enjoy this kind of attention.

Not saying either perspective is wrong. Just that there's some nuance.

[igorkraw]

I legitimately wonder how much of the restaurant culture in the US comes from the fact you can't just go to a brothel or a BDSM dungeon to get your "remarkable experience" outside of Nevada

[elvis10ten]

I live in Berlin and I’m not from the USA. I prefer restaurants with this “US hospitality” or something close. Sadly, lots of people in this city seem to pride themselves in “kind not nice”. There is nothing that says both can’t exist :shrug:

[aaronbrethorst]

Berlin has both. Must be something else. https://guide.michelin.com/us/en/berlin-region/berlin/restau...

[erikpukinskis]

Are being fed a wonderful meal and engaging in sexualized power play interchangeable experience for you?

[igorkraw]

No, but the treatment I get in Italy vs. in North America is very different, and the utter subservience the North American restaurant culture seems to require reminds me more of powerplays than of focus on food.

Also, Hooters originated in the US. Make of that what you will