10-13-2019, 02:09 PM
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Originally posted by randomq
Who are all the wealthy customers that are going to keep 14 new restaurants afloat in Pahoa? Or will they all have cold-cases for take-out?
Thats a good question considering that KFC couldn't make it.
Presumably the people who are driving to Hilo to eat will go to Pahoa instead. In the press release they said the new Malama market is being patterned off the Foodland in the Ala Moana mall in HNL and they think that people will drive from Hilo to go there. I'll believe that when I see it. Popeyes chicken maybe...
Considering the McDonalds in Keaau has cars lined up in the street to get into the parking lot even in between normal meal times, one guess on who the "real" anchor tenant is. Maybe Burger King will have to stop charging nearly $20 per person to eat. I wonder if they have a urinal?
ETA: Now that Bite Squad and that other outfit is servicing HPP etc people can get all this restaurant food without having to be sober or leave their homes. Some of these restaurants that maybe couldn't make it a few years ago might actually do okay because the old adage "location, location, location" is less relevant. At least there is some variety and not just different sodium levels of Bland Asian Food.