Brunch, the food that varies between breakfast and lunch time, is becoming more popular in the Dominican Republic and an example of this is that on this Valentine’s Day, from 8:00 in the morning, restaurants receive couples, friends and family.
Listín Diario took a tour of a restaurant in the capital and mid-morning couples were spotted on the terraces of these places sharing, but despite the fact that this February 14 is Valentine’s Day, friends and families also took it as an excuse to to leave home.
This is the case of a woman who said she was a journalist for the evening press, which Listín Diario found in one of the restaurants she visited. He went with his two sons and a sister.
The four looked very happy and told this environment: “I needed an excuse to go out. We are a family. We are in love with ourselves. Today we go out to conquer the world “.
When they asked for permission to be photographed, they arranged themselves, took a picture and one of them laughed “we are legal, all the photos they want”. This family had arrived at this restaurant at 10 in the morning and they were sitting on the terrace.
At a distance of about 10 meters, some friends who had gone to the place where they took advantage of the holiday shared. The young women had red hearts painted on their nails.
“Although I’m going to tell you something, it’s a two-on-one, because we’re here on Valentine’s Day, but if it weren’t, we’d be here because we work a lot during the week,” one of them said in time. what his little daughter was wearing.
A restaurant next door, on the terrace, a man was sitting with his children and grandchildren. He pointed out that he was there because he wanted to go out and did not even remember that this Sunday was February 14th.
One of the waitresses of the restaurant commented that the day was “good” in the restaurant, since the customers come and go and are “upside down” to serve them, thanking that they are “full”.
Busy tables
The Listín Diario team visited another restaurant, where the person who wrote called on Friday to make a reservation and could not because from 7:00 in the morning until 5:00 in the afternoon, everything was already full for this Sunday . It wasn’t for less.
Here, where a special brunch menu was prepared for Love and Friendship Day, there were a few empty tables at 10:45 am The restaurant manager commented that between 1:00 and 3:00 in the afternoon all meals will be occupied.
The parking attendant at this restaurant confirmed that the manager had previously informed her that after 12:30, a large flow of customers was expected.
While talking to Listín, a young woman dismounted and told this medium that she would meet four other friends to celebrate their friendship. He arrived at the place with a heart-shaped cake and said “Happy Valentine’s Day.”
The site manager, while quickly collecting some invoices, added that the restaurant started to fill up at 10:00 in the morning and that the reserved meals are for couples and groups of people.
When passing a famous restaurant on Lope de Vega Boulevard, it was noticed that all the tables on the terrace were occupied by couples, both young and old. Only one table was occupied by a family group.
Eddy, the parking lot of a nearby restaurant, said he is glad that more people visit these places on Valentine’s Day because he leaves his tip for food and passage.