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Why is music so loud in restaurants? (Serious) (lemm.ee)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I got my hearing professionally checked today and all is normal. But I have difficulty hearing people I am dining with, talking in restaurants. Is it me, or is the music just too damn loud?!

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

Might be relevant, but I find that American restaurants are generally louder compared to European ones.

Side note: And why is ithe music always fucking neo-country? Sure, I've mostly been to Texas, but I have several albums in my CD collection as a testament to y'all making good music too.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It isn't. My favorite restaurant--Kuma's Korner, on Belmont in Chicago--is always playing metal.

Goddamn I miss that place... :(

[–] brygphilomena 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I need to check it out. Turns out they have one in the suburbs just under 4 miles from me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'd been to the Lincoln Park location--I think that it's closed now--and it had a very different vibe. I haven't been to the suburban locations. To me, the original location, with it's tiny eating section and dive-bar vibe, is still the best. Almost like if Exit served good food, y'know? (AFAIK, Exit doesn't serve food at all.)

[–] brygphilomena 1 points 3 months ago

I just moved back to the Chicago land area after being away for 20 years. These places sound like my exact vibe and the sort of places I've been searching for.

Do you have any other recommendations?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

My experience in American restaurants is that the music is usually whatever is currently popular, so there's a lot of hip hop and pop songs about dancing and fucking.

[–] spittingimage 2 points 3 months ago

Last time I was out to eat with friends, the restaurant was playing an easy listening version of Welcome to the Jungle. That was a lot to process.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

The US and it's people are often super loud. I say this as one who traveled and now lives in Japan. I didn't notice right away and had to work hard to lower my normal volume