Red Beans And Advice for Monday, July 11

How to pick a place to be a regular

Last week, I wrote a story for The Takeout on the perks of becoming a restaurant regular. Many of us have our favorite places. But some of us don’t have any idea on how to zero in on a place to become our “local.”

I’ve moved so much that I’ve developed a radar for deciding if I like a place well enough to go back. Here are some of my criteria.

1. Are they ni…