Eli5: A lot of restaurants are closed on Mondays, which makes sense to me since they’ve been open all weekend. Why do a lot of Asian restaurants close on Tuesday instead?

Question

Eli5: A lot of restaurants are closed on Mondays, which makes sense to me since they’ve been open all weekend. Why do a lot of Asian restaurants close on Tuesday instead?

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Answer 1

Asian restaurants close on Tuesdays because Asia is a day ahead of us as a consequence of the International Date Line. Monday here is Tuesday there.

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