[EnquiringMind]

We never,ever, went out to eat except on vacation and sometimes on very special occasions such as Mother's Day, but even then, my mom's requested dinner was a hot dog from Rutt's Hut.

(50's NJ)

[Mears]

We only went out once or twice a year,we had nothing,but generous relatives (with not much more money than we had),gave us a treat once in a while.

This was the forties in a neighborhood in Boston and no one had much but I still have pleasant memories of those days.