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RE: New Business coming to Pahoa - dobanion - 01-30-2024
For all the reasons terracore just stated, I'm convinced the concept of a restaurant is essentially dying. It's just getting to the point where it isn't worth it, for the owner, or the customer. I personally have nearly stopped eating out almost entirely. Maybe once a month because my wife insists on some sort of date night, we still go to some happy hour, and I consistently feel like I just didn't get out of it what I paid for.
RE: New Business coming to Pahoa - terracore - 01-31-2024
(01-30-2024, 08:52 PM)dobanion Wrote: For all the reasons terracore just stated, I'm convinced the concept of a restaurant is essentially dying. It's just getting to the point where it isn't worth it, for the owner, or the customer. I personally have nearly stopped eating out almost entirely. Maybe once a month because my wife insists on some sort of date night, we still go to some happy hour, and I consistently feel like I just didn't get out of it what I paid for.
The future is food trucks. Lower rent and family-run. The laws don't require one to pay their family members money, barter, or benefits, or to enforce child labor laws.
In September last year I visited family in Oregon and there was a big parking lot that used to be shared by 3 restaurants. All the restaurants were closed and the parking lot had several food trucks. One of the restaurants had been converted to a business selling legal weed but the other buildings were all closed up.