I have seen many times a creative new restaurant emerge with a unique menu and very good food. The food is so tasty and unique (often fusion) that the restaurant notably adds value to the city. It seems sure to do well. But the restaurant business is hard and many fail within their first year or two.
Losing a good restaurant damages the city. It gets replaced with McDonalds or some garbage probably with a lot of calculations to ensure the replacement will do well despite being a downgrade.
Or it gets replaced with another great restaurant which flops again 1-2 years later. The food is not usually the problem. It’s that the owner is not competent with business, apparently.
So new rule: when a struggling restaurant is not part of a big chain or franchise and plans to pull the plug, they must announce it in advance so foodies and judges can rush in to evaluate whether it’s worth saving. And if the feedback is /yes/, then the department of commerce must intervene with the closure and hire a relevant expert to analyze the problem. The department of commerce should have some power to remove whatever obsticles impede the restaurant’s sustainability.
2 Comments
PointlessLifePersonified@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 12d
How about we not wait until things get bad, and require oversight & mentoring from the start? Help the business get past those first few rough years, then let them stand on a solid foundation.
activistPnk@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 7d
I would agree if the menu has somewhat unique options and the food is decent. Otherwise if it’s just another average dime-a-dozen burger, gyro, pancake, or taco shop with nothing original, I’d say sink or swim, hands off.. it won’t really be missed if it sinks.