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Put down the phone, pick up the fork: Some restaurants fed up with cell phones and diners

Posted at 8:22 AM, Nov 13, 2018
and last updated 2018-11-13 10:25:34-05

More than 90% of Americans own a cell phone and many people use them to take pictures of their food or make phone calls when they’re dining out. But some restaurants are fed up with the disruptions and are banning them, asking customers not to use them at the table and even rewarding diners who ditch their phones. Kenneth Craig reports from New York and MTN’s Missy O’Malley stopped by various establishments in the Bozeman area to find out some pros and cons of cell phones in the restaurant world.