Don’t Pull Out Your Cell Phone At This Texas Restaurant

A restaurant in Texas just banned cell phones completely. If you are allowed a call, it's on an old school rotary phone ...

First of all, for some young 'uns, a "rotary" phone is a big, heavy, clunky thing peeps used to make calls on. It's connected to the wall by a long wire, the part you speak into is connected to the phones base by a long curvy wire and you dial by spinning a numbered wheel.

If the phone number contained lots of 9's, it took a minute.

Caterina's Italian restaurant in Fort Worth has a simple policy: no shoes, no shirt ... using a cell phone ... no service. Chef Tim Love doesn't hate technology, he just hates people playing with their phones instead of savoring the food and ambiance of his restaurant along with the conversation of fellow diners.

Like (some) concert goers, diners have to place their phones in a locked bag. If they need it, they have to have the bag unlocked and step outside. Once they return, the phone goes back in the bag. No selfies of your plate either but, after dinner, the staff will email you a pic of your lasagna.

Oh, and, if it's not too hot out, guys have to wear jackets too. If you're jonesing that hard for your phone, they're allowed at the bar during lunch and out on the patio, weather permitting.

If it's urgent, a call can be made to the restaurant and then that old school, rotary phone I mentioned earlier is brought to your table. Probably to the disapproving looks of your fellow diners.

I can see where this could hurt business but I also see where it creates an atmosphere that could actually help it. You?