. >>> on wednesday the family of detective wenjian liu will get a new home. >>> you may notice it's increasingly difficult to have a conversation when you go out to eat. andrea grymes reports some new york city restaurants are now dishing out decibels in order to create buzz, literally. >> reporter: many restaurants not only serve up drinks and food these days. but also a lively and loud atmosphere. >> something that continues to encourage social interactions and i love that. >> reporter: restaurant owner gabriel embraces the trend. a noisy dining room. he's not alone. >> the idea is to create a party atmosphere at a lot of these places. >> reporter: restaurant critic adam platt has reluctantly listened to this transition over his 15-year career with new york magazine. >> the classic old fashioned quote/unquote fancy restaurant was a hushed little darkened parlor. now it's really the exact opposite. >> reporter: he says about a decade ago the noisy kitchen culture started working its way in to the dining room. unscientific smart phone meter app found noise levels at restaurants we recently visit

. >> take me back to the day of officer wenjian liu's funeral when all of a sudden, all of the cops turned their backs on the mayor. >> that was a terribly sad day for the city and for those families, and, you know, those families are still grieving. it's going to take them a long, long time to get back to whatever could be called normal. and it was horrible. it really was horrible. i don't know -- i don't know why the officers turned their backs. i believe in protest and i think there's a time and place for it, but that wasn't the time. >> what was going through your mind when all of a sudden you see that happening? >> oh, it was just tremendous sadness and, you know, for the disrespect but also just for those families. mostly that's what i was thinking about is those families. we went and met them, talked with them, and, you know, the pain they're experiencing is just -- is just overwhelming. >> what did you say to your husband when that was happening? >> i think that we just sat together silently and just -- 'cause we've been together so long. we knew what each other was feeling. >> eri