"Going out to dinner has just become so ingrained," Diebel says. "I don't think restaurants are where this'll be felt."
But for restaurant owners, it is a topic of discussion.
Diebel says she was recently talking to her accountant, who mentioned that sales have dropped at certain Starbucks coffee chain stores, particularly in the Midwest, as customers have decided to make coffee at home as opposed to buying a morning cappucino.
"Maybe Boston just isn't like that," Diebel suggests.
And on Monday afternoon, there is a five-minute-long line at the Square's Starbucks in the Garage.
Over the past six months, the actual sales have remained within two percent of projected sales, says employee Benjamin Haas.
"There's been no discernible impact," Haas says.
But he says that he has seen the fluctuations in the stock market affect some individual customers.
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