Restaurants Are Not About Food
I have a lot of good memories of eating in restaurants. Almost none of it is because of the food. What I fondly remember are the good companionships and conversations. Of course, restaurants cannot give you that; you will have to bring your own people and make your own chit-chats. But, a bad restaurant can easily ruin any possibilities of a good dinner.
In this age of high prices everywhere, it is not going to be easy to run a good restaurant, though. But skimping on services and pushing for turnovers while pretending to be a restaurant with restaurant-level prices is not a good long-term strategy.
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Link:
- Why Do Modern Restaurants Suck?, by Rick, Field Notes