Less than one-third of all visitors to Venice stick around after sunset, missing out on romantic canalside dining and family-run guesthouses tucked away behind the Strada Nova pedestrian thoroughfare in the district of Cannaregio.

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Apparently the frequency with which consumers are dining out has been on the rise since mid-2009, presumably since contracting during the worst part of the recession and stock market collapse, and the writers at The Fiscal Times think it may have something to do with cost.

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Skipping that two-week vacation, cutting down on the amount you spend dining out, and saving your next raise or bonus, are also simple methods of adding to your emergency fund.

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In the new tradition of fast-casual dining, you get on line (which often spills out into the street) to order and the food is brought to you at large communal tables.

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Users are asked to fill in some basic information (annual income, gender, location) and their weekly expenses on food, which is separated into two spending categories: at-home (groceries, booze) and dining-out (breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, and again, booze).

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