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Default Eating out or eating at home

sf > wrote:

>On Sun, 18 Jul 2010 12:03:54 -0400, blake murphy


>> i think the difference between 'from a restaurant' and 'not from a
>> restaurant' is pretty clear.


>I certainly would not call a frozen entree bought in a grocery store a
>restaurant meal. It's convenience food. Frozen meals prepared at
>home are not restaurant food either.


Yep, I think that's a clear distinction.

It's a little less clear if you buy prepared foods from a
grocery store and eat them there. But probably, it counts as
a restaurant meal. (The state taxes/regulates such activities
as though they are a restaurant.)

Steve