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Where I live, the dining out crowd has become very discerning. And crowds (and money) generates money. Food is perishable, if the corwds don't come, you're running a loss with your food purchases. Marketing requires money. Crowds attract curiosity and other crowds.
Unless what you're offering is super good and unique that people don't mind lining up for 1h in your "ghetto decor" hole in the wall.
There's one in Chinatown (where wait-time for lunch or dinner is at least 30 mins, and 1.5 h sometimes on Fri-wkends) = it's like stepping into the 60s in dingy decor there, but their food is so uniquely good it attracts both Asians after the authentic .... and even a good sized Western crowd who are connoiseurs.
Otherwise, if you're just like everyone else out there.... your decor (ie atmosphere) and service had better be good too.
Dining out these days is about the atmosphere, lifestyle, overall experience - be it an Asian or Western restaurant.
If it is a Chinese restaurant, bakery - those are highly competitive - only the very good ones survive past 5 years. The rest come and go.And normally go with losses. It's easy to be a quick popular fad and thrive for 6 mths .... but which fizzle out once their crowds move on.
Even at the really good, higher end places - good chefs also migrate all the time based on higher pay from another offer, same with the good Maitre'Ds who sometimes pull their familiar customers along with them, when they move on to the next 'happening' place in town.
I used to frequent this Italian restaurant. The Italian uncle and sole chef was good (imo his food had soul and heart, though it was nothing slick, or in the 'great' category) and I liked the atmosphere. The owner (and sole cook) seemed very warm and genuine, he also had one of those really old brick ovens in the wall which was really original, not built for show like the new-hip renovated restaurants), His decor was simple - real terracota-brick (not the fake terracota tile) floors and old wood. It was obviously quite family-only run. His wife took the orders, and billing.
His food was dispensable (ie many Italian places could do similar), but the place had character and heart (for me). They also didn't have slick servers with the fake put on accents. Same story for many family-run Greek restaurants.
That guy didn't survive after 10 years, and who knows what losses he ran in the last few yrs before closing.
First 2 years were ok, before the crowd moved on to the next two places which popped up on the same street = what survives these days are the 'yuppie and hip' Italian restaurants. Those also cater to that niche of society which has the cash to spend.
I don't find their food esp good either in those places, but definitely the stylish crowds are more attracted there - it's more bec those places 'to be seen and heard' or to see and hear other people when dining out..
Thriving are those 2 hip Italian joints which are packed - where the more fashionable like to be seen and heard. I don't find their food esp wonderful in those places, but definitely they attract more crowds with their glitzer but cramped spaces. It's endorsing a certain sector of lifestyle, esp more so if the food reviewers from the 'in' Lifestyle magazines validate it. And they find their prices justifable for much smaller but more stylized 'food Art' portions.
In the restaurant business need money to churn money too, ironically. If only that guy could get cleverer marketing done to stay competitive .. (but that requires money).
Same story for many Sushi joints (aplenty in my city - ranging from the very bad to the general mediocre (mostly run by tChina chefs), to really good and very authentic), same story for a Korean restaurant that had 1.5 hr waits when it first opened = these days it's likely if it's even half filled (and they have already revamped their menus 3-4x to try stay competitive).
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LoveIi, on 24 January 2013 - 11:28 PM, said:Haha I did! And I left the gym like 20 mins after cause I was so hungry! I usually go to the gym at 5pm, after work, so I'm always stuffed with food from lunch.
They should keep it open of whole night 
Edited by SnowQueenOfDarkness, Today, 07:00 AM. 
Guests Posted Today, 07:54 AM I just want to let this out and have it stops bothering me. And sorry for poor grammar and unorganized thoughts. 
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