Submitted by LowBarometer t3_zo3hlv in RhodeIsland
Does anyone know of any restaurants that are open Christmas day?
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Beebeeleen t1_j0l9qaf wrote
You just reminded me of the scene from A Christmas Story where the owner of Chop Suey Palace tries to correct his employees' singing, "...not ra ra ra ra ra, la la la la la sing like this..."
80s nostalgia at its finest.
lawngoon t1_j0lxro0 wrote
Yes it is incredibly racist in retrospect. But still funny
Beebeeleen t1_j0lyvpq wrote
Have you ever heard adult Mandarin speakers with recent exposure to English? I ask because many will pronounce the "L" sound as "R"
It is a linguistic phenomenon having to do with phonemes (mental sound patterns) and phonetics (sound production).
In daily speech, we refer to that phenomenon as an "accent."
I reject the claim that the depiction was racist.
lawngoon t1_j0m34wt wrote
I have spoken two Chinese persons who have a different opinion. We do agree it’s funny though
reddit_beats_chive t1_j0ngwsc wrote
Well that confirms it, must be racist!
Beebeeleen t1_j0mffle wrote
Yea, it was a funny scene.
A sample size of two people would be insufficient to discuss speech patterns occurring across millions of speakers. My claim about accents is well-documented among linguists who study languages. The L for R occurs with frequency among Native speakers of languages in China who later in life learn to speak English (please note my initial claim was concerning Mandarin but the link below discusses pronunciation difficulties for Cantonese speakers).
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This link below concerns Mandarin speakers learning English (who might pronounce the English L sound as N)
http://www.academypublication.com/issues2/tpls/vol08/11/12.pdf
zjanderson t1_j0l63nd wrote
Can confirm. Got sick on Xmas last year (not Covid) and ordered Chinese.
BuntCarf t1_j0lg3ml wrote
Woah if it wasn't covid then what was it?? Omg thats so insane that you got sick last year and it wasn't from covid!! Thank JESUS for the CHRISTMAS MIRACLE!!!
mongees t1_j0liltq wrote
Odd way to mention it was an odd way of mentioning it lol
BuntCarf t1_j0lis0j wrote
Why are people downvoting the invocation and blessing of our lord?? I wasn't being sarcastic im genuinely thankful for this child of God
bebe_inferno t1_j0onsue wrote
Wtf
beauford3641 t1_j0udffe wrote
Definitely depends on the restaurant though. There aren't a whole lot of them in my neck of the woods, up in the northern part of the state. Chan's and Asia Grille are the closest for me, and both have been closed on Christmas day.
sandwichtown t1_j0l6cu7 wrote
Hotel restaurants are usually open. Be a good tipper. It’s a bummer to work on Christmas… speaking from experience.
PotentialAd1295 t1_j0lmlu7 wrote
I'm going to Lemongrass in Warwick Christmas day
jrprov1 t1_j0ksazj wrote
To expand on what u/RandomChurn said, Empire Buffet in Woonsocket will be open and they are great.
beauford3641 t1_j0udiel wrote
I haven't tried them. I'll have to give it a whirl one of these days.
CatH2222 t1_j0l5uz5 wrote
Goprovidence.com has a list for 2022
https://www.goprovidence.com/blog/post/restaurants-open-for-the-holidays/
argument_sketch t1_j0lhq3m wrote
There’s only one on that list open on Christmas day, though (Bellini, Beatrice hotel), what OP was looking for.
CatH2222 t1_j0lowla wrote
argument_sketch t1_j0lx7o4 wrote
Holy cow, there’s a ton!!! How did Go Providence miss them all?
Emotional-Simple-478 t1_j0lkmfp wrote
Islander Chinese restaurant in Warwick has a sign up they're open on Christmas
knitternerd t1_j0nwege wrote
Try OpenTable, looks like a few places are open.
KennyWuKanYuen t1_j0olcli wrote
As a former employee at a Chinese restaurant in RI, my former boss told me that most Chinese takeaway restaurants are only closed on Thanksgiving.
Told me the top four busiest days of the year for Chinese restaurants are: 1) New Year’s Eve, 2) Christmas Eve, 3) New Year’s Day, and 4) Christmas Day.
RandomChurn t1_j0kp1fo wrote
Traditionally, Chinese restaurants are. Call around