Possible Clues:

• Go to a diner, say
• Support the restaurant industry
• Authorities don't want Irish to dine in restaurants
• Sam getting out of mate's auto to patronise the restaurant
• Forgo cooking, maybe
• Patronise the restaurant in Irish ignored by authorities
• Forgo cooking ... or, read with spaces after the second and fourth letters, a theme hint
• Enjoy some dishes without doing dishes, perhaps
• Enjoy a gastropub, say
• Leave home for lunch