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My husband and I pray before meals, even in public restaurants. I’ve seen others do it too. One young couple praying before their meal was especially touching. I hope it inspires others. At a rodeo, my husband and I said the Catholic grace before our meal that was on a picnic bench with others eating. One man made a comment that is what he used to do growing up. It embarasses my sister when I say grace at say Burger King with her, but she does bow her head and cross herself afterwards.

I mean, really, how can you not thank God before each meal with a prayer!

I congratulate Mary's Gourmet Diner in Winston-Salem. And I'm going to check them out on facebook and tell them so. Does anyone remember the famous WWII 1940s Norman Rockwell painting of a restaurant scene, where a restaurant is crowded with many people, i.e. soldiers on leave, families, etc,and customers had to share tables. There was one table where two young men, seated across from a elderly woman, simply dressed in a black hat and coat, were observing the woman who was bowing her head in prayer before eating her meal. A simply beautiful picture, a touching picture,and the woman always reminded me of my Slovak grandmother of many years ago. I hope we see more of this in restaurants and that it inspires others. This practice must be returned to in the homes..it will be up to parents, grandparents to bring back the wonderful tradition's that were common practice at one time.

I agree with that sentiment - one of my favorite memories is from a trip to visit Washington, D.C. and stopping for lunch in a random restaurant or diner there. There were two pretty girls seated together, both blonde and conservatively dressed, as if they worked in offices nearby, and they both prayed quietly over their meal before starting, unconcerned of the lunchtime crowd around them.